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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2016, 5:56 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 29, 2016, 5:56 PM PDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Deep Springs, CA | HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW 2 INCHES DEEP AND STANDING WATER OVER CA 168 NEAR DEEP SPRINGS. TIME AND LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
189 WGUS55 KVEF 300056 FFWVEF CAC027-300400- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0009.160630T0056Z-160630T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 556 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 900 PM PDT * AT 555 PM PDT...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... DEEP SPRINGS AND CA 168 EAST OF WESTGARD PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3746 11789 3726 11783 3724 11814 3746 11817 $$ STEELE
2 follow-up statements
260 WGUS75 KVEF 300149 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 649 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2016 CAC027-300400- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160630T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 649 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM PDT FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY... AT 648 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR...SATELLITE...AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ENDNING. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM HIGHER TERRAIN DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR WILL CONTINUE AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DEEP SPRINGS AND CA 168 EAST OF WESTGARD PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3746 11789 3726 11783 3724 11814 3746 11817 $$ STEELE
277 WGUS75 KVEF 300353 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 853 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2016 CAC027-300402- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160630T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INYO CA- 853 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS MAY NO LONGER BE PRESENT...DEBRIS WASHED ONTO ROADS MAY REMAIN! LAT...LON 3746 11789 3726 11783 3724 11814 3746 11817 $$ STEELE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 63 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.