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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2016, 5:03 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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
- Aug 22, 2016, 5:03 PM MST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2016, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:06 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Hualapai Peak, AZ | MOHAVE COUNTY ROADS REPORTED DW RANCH ROAD CLOSED FROM I-40 TO HAULAPAI RD. |
| Aug 22, 8:29 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse New Kingman-Butle, AZ | FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS AND WASHES KINGMAN-NEW BUTLER AREA. IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IRVING RD BETWEEN GORDON AND KINO. |
| Aug 22, 8:34 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 8 N Hualapai Peak, AZ | MOHAVE COUNTY ROADS REPORTED DW RANCH RD CLOSED FROM I-40 TO MILE POST 2. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068 WGUS55 KVEF 230003 FFWVEF AZC015-230300- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0098.160823T0003Z-160823T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 503 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 800 PM MST * AT 502 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN GOLDEN VALLEY AND KINGMAN AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND... WILD COW CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK... CHLORIDE...BLAKE RANCH ROAD...DW RANCH ROAD... WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3566 11405 3520 11356 3490 11410 3543 11443 $$ JS
3 follow-up statements
158 WGUS55 KVEF 230217 FFWVEF AZC015-230600- /O.EXT.KVEF.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160823T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 717 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 1100 PM MST * AT 715 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY AND KINGMAN AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 11 PM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND... WILD COW CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK... CHLORIDE...BLAKE RANCH ROAD...DW RANCH ROAD... WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3566 11405 3520 11356 3490 11410 3543 11443 $$ JS
383 WGUS75 KVEF 230354 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 854 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 AZC015-230600- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160823T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 854 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 851 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY...KINGMAN AREAS. SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING ONGOING FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KINGMAN...NEW KINGMAN-BUTLER...PACKSADDLE CAMPGROUND... WILD COW CAMPGROUND...GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK... CHLORIDE...BLAKE RANCH ROAD...DW RANCH ROAD... WINDY POINT CAMPGROUND AND HUALAPAI PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3566 11405 3520 11356 3490 11410 3543 11443 $$ JS
405 WGUS75 KVEF 230601 FFSVEF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1101 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 AZC015-230610- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160823T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MOHAVE AZ- 1101 PM MST MON AUG 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AN AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF KINGMAN. LAT...LON 3566 11405 3520 11356 3490 11410 3543 11443 $$ CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 8:22 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:31 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 9:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 9:58 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:58 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 24 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:16 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 119 min |
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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.