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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 2:35 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 115 min. 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 10, 2016, 2:35 PM MST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
311 WGUS55 KVEF 102135 FFWVEF AZC015-102330- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0083.160810T2135Z-160810T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 235 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 430 PM MST * AT 234 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARD DIAMOND CREEK ROAD NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ON BUCK AND DOE ROAD, AND FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE THERE AS WATER FLOWS OUT OF THE CANYONS. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3558 11341 3551 11353 3556 11362 3574 11336 $$ MORGAN
1 follow-up statement
365 WGUS75 KVEF 102330 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 430 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 AZC015-102339- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160810T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 430 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MST... FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3558 11341 3551 11353 3556 11362 3574 11336 $$ OUTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:47 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:40 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:59 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
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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.