Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2017, 10:08 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 112 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
- Jul 19, 2017, 10:08 AM MST (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2017, 12:00 PM MST
- In force
- 112 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965
WGUS55 KVEF 191708
FFWVEF
AZC015-191900-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0022.170719T1708Z-170719T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1008 AM MST WED JUL 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West central Mohave County in northwestern Arizona...
* Until noon MST
* At 1007 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated that rain was tapering off
in the Dolan Springs and Golden Valley areas. However, up to two
inches of rain have already fallen, and flash flooding will remain
likely through the morning.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kingman, Windy Point Campground, Packsaddle Campground, Chloride,
Dolan Springs, Pierce Ferry And Antares Roads and Golden Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 11432 3579 11410 3560 11417 3504 11404
3504 11448
$$
Morgan1 follow-up statement
571
WGUS75 KVEF 191809
FFSVEF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1109 AM MST WED JUL 19 2017
AZC015-191818-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-170719T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
1109 AM MST WED JUL 19 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended in the Dolan Springs and Golden Valley
area. No reports of flooding had been received, so the warning is
cancelled. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3578 11432 3579 11410 3560 11417 3504 11404
3504 11448
$$
MorganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:04 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:11 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:32 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:42 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.