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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 4:59 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 4:59 PM MST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 8:00 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 Cedar City radar (KICX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.
131 WGUS55 KVEF 102359 FFWVEF AZC015-110300- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0086.160810T2359Z-160811T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 459 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 800 PM MST * AT 457 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SHORT CREEK DRAINAGE AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING THAT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COLORADO CITY AREA SHORTLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3692 11298 3700 11310 3700 11293 $$ OUTLER
2 follow-up statements
045 WGUS75 KVEF 110104 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 604 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 AZC015-110300- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160811T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 604 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 603 PM MST...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE COLORADO CITY AREA BUT DRAINAGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SHORT CREEK FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3692 11298 3700 11310 3700 11293 $$ OUTLER
719 WGUS75 KVEF 110251 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 751 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 AZC015-110300- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160811T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 751 PM MST WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. WHILE WATERS CONTINUE TO RECEEDE THIS EVENING...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN RENEWED FLOOD CONCERNS SHOULD IT OCCUR. LAT...LON 3692 11298 3700 11310 3700 11293 $$ 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, 2:35 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 115 min |
| 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 |
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.