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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2016, 2:54 PM MST for 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
- Jun 29, 2016, 2:54 PM MST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 3 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
656 WGUS55 KVEF 292154 FFWVEF AZC015-300100- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0007.160629T2154Z-160630T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 254 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 600 PM MST * AT 253 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND AND DIAMOND CREEK ROAD BETWEEN PEACH SPRINGS AND THE COLORADO RIVER. LAT...LON 3553 11363 3578 11358 3578 11334 3556 11333 $$ JH
3 follow-up statements
403 WGUS75 KVEF 292257 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 357 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 AZC015-300100- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160630T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 357 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 355 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA NORTH AND WEST OF PEACH SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT GENERALLY ALONG DIAMOND CREEK ROAD. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND AND DIAMOND CREEK ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3553 11363 3578 11358 3578 11334 3556 11333 $$ JH
742 WGUS75 KVEF 300018 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 518 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 AZC015-300100- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160630T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 518 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 516 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS ALONG DIAMOND CREEK ROAD BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL FALLING. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DIAMOND CREEK CAMPGROUND AND DIAMOND CREEK ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3553 11363 3578 11358 3578 11334 3556 11333 $$ JH
905 WGUS75 KVEF 300051 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 551 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 AZC015-300100- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160630T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 551 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3553 11363 3578 11358 3578 11334 3556 11333 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:52 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 4:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.