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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 3:56 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2016, 3:56 PM MST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:50 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Se New Kingman-Butler, AZ | MOHAVE COUNTY ROADS REPORTED DW RANCH ROAD CLOSED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
305
WGUS55 KVEF 032256
FFWVEF
AZC015-040300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0065.160803T2256Z-160804T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
356 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEAST MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 800 PM MST
* AT 355 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGMAN...ALAMO LAKE...WIKIEUP...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...
WILD COW CAMPGROUND...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...
BURRO CREEK CAMPGROUND...DIAMOND M RANCH...BLAKE RANCH ROAD...
DW RANCH ROAD...VALENTINE AND HUALAPAI PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3424 11373 3423 11377 3424 11380 3422 11384
3426 11386 3425 11391 3539 11410 3542 11334
3434 11333 3430 11335 3431 11354 3423 11360
3422 11366 3421 11371
$$
JH2 follow-up statements
556
WGUS75 KVEF 040103
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
603 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
AZC015-040300-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160804T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
603 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 601 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH RUNOFF
FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KINGMAN...ALAMO LAKE...WIKIEUP...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...
WILD COW CAMPGROUND...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...
BURRO CREEK CAMPGROUND...DIAMOND M RANCH...BLAKE RANCH ROAD...
DW RANCH ROAD...VALENTINE AND HUALAPAI PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3424 11373 3423 11377 3424 11380 3422 11384
3426 11386 3425 11391 3539 11410 3542 11334
3434 11333 3430 11335 3431 11354 3423 11360
3422 11366 3421 11371
$$
JH066
WGUS75 KVEF 040251
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
751 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
AZC015-040300-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160804T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-
751 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND ANY FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO
RECEDE. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3424 11373 3423 11377 3424 11380 3422 11384
3426 11386 3425 11391 3539 11410 3542 11334
3434 11333 3430 11335 3431 11354 3423 11360
3422 11366 3421 11371
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 110 min |
| Aug 3, 2:54 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Mohave | 50 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:44 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:47 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 26 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.