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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2016, 6:08 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 18, 2016, 6:08 PM MST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 9:00 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), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
613 WGUS55 KVEF 190108 FFWVEF AZC015-190400- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0092.160819T0108Z-160819T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 608 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 900 PM MST * AT 605 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF KINGMAN. AT 604 PM MST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT DW RANCH ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...BLAKE RANCH ROAD... DW RANCH ROAD...WILD COW CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3527 11382 3508 11367 3492 11397 3513 11415 $$ MORGAN
3 follow-up statements
046 WGUS75 KVEF 190147 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 647 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 AZC015-190400- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160819T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 647 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 646 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN. DW RANCH ROAD WAS CLOSED BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 4 DUE TO FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...BLAKE RANCH ROAD... DW RANCH ROAD...WILD COW CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3527 11382 3508 11367 3492 11397 3513 11415 $$ MORGAN
576 WGUS75 KVEF 190306 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 806 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 AZC015-190400- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160819T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 806 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 804 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED AWAY FROM AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF KINGMAN. HOWEVER, VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER, AND RUNOFF MAY STILL BE OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK...BLAKE RANCH ROAD... DW RANCH ROAD...WILD COW CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3527 11382 3508 11367 3492 11397 3513 11415 $$ MORGAN
273 WGUS75 KVEF 190355 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 855 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 AZC015-190405- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160819T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 855 PM MST THU AUG 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3527 11382 3508 11367 3492 11397 3513 11415 $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:26 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 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.