Alert archive / Nevada / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 7:52 PM PDT for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2016, 7:52 PM PDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 10:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
945
WGUS55 KVEF 040252
FFWVEF
AZC015-NVC003-017-040545-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0069.160804T0252Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
752 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM PDT/1045 PM MST/
* AT 748 PM PDT/748 PM MST/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST LINCOLN...
NORTHEAST CLARK AND NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
WERE ALL MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MESQUITE...BEAVER DAM...LITTLEFIELD...VIRGIN RIVER GORGE...MOAPA
VALLEY...VIRGIN RIVER CAMPGROUND...BUNKERVILLE AND CARP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 11403 3661 11447 3709 11458 3718 11406
3700 11405 3700 11357 3699 11354
$$
SC2 follow-up statements
676
WGUS75 KVEF 040436
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
936 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2016
AZC015-NVC003-017-040545-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-LINCOLN NV-
936 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM PDT/1045
PM MST/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE...NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 934 PM PDT/934 PM MST/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DECREASING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
STILL POSSIBLE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM RAIN EARLIER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MESQUITE...BEAVER DAM...LITTLEFIELD...VIRGIN RIVER GORGE...
MOAPA VALLEY...VIRGIN RIVER CAMPGROUND...BUNKERVILLE AND CARP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 11403 3661 11447 3709 11458 3718 11406
3700 11405 3700 11357 3699 11354
$$
JH906
WGUS75 KVEF 040539
FFSVEF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1039 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2016
AZC015-NVC003-017-040548-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-LINCOLN NV-
1039 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE...NORTHEASTERN
CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM
PDT/1045 PM MST/...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3664 11403 3661 11447 3709 11458 3718 11406
3700 11405 3700 11357 3699 11354
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 10:21 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 12:26 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:55 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:07 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 113 min |
| Aug 4, 12:09 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:34 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 116 min |
| Aug 4, 1:31 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 1:47 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.