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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2017, 2:53 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 29, 2017, 2:53 PM PDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2017, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:09 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Joshua Tree, CA | HIGHWAY 62 CLOSED AT CASCADE RD DUE TO FLOODING AND MUD. |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM PDT | FLASH FLOOD | Twentynine Palms, CA | FIRE DEPT REPORTS SOME MINOR FLOODING ISSUES, MAINLY WITH DEBRIS OVER THE ROADS. NO ROADS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
551
WGUS55 KVEF 292153
FFWVEF
CAC071-300100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0052.170729T2153Z-170730T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
253 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 600 PM PDT
* At 252 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one-half inch of rain
has fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree Lake Campground and Joshua Tree.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 11634 3419 11601 3408 11601 3408 11604
3410 11604 3411 11605 3412 11605 3412 11626
3408 11627 3407 11632
$$
KG2 follow-up statements
127
WGUS75 KVEF 292316
FFSVEF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
416 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017
CAC071-300100-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170730T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Bernardino CA-
416 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR
SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 414 PM PDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding in
between Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms. One to two inches of rain
has already fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree Lake Campground and Joshua Tree.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3428 11634 3419 11601 3408 11601 3408 11604
3410 11604 3411 11605 3412 11605 3412 11626
3408 11627 3407 11632
$$
KG295
WGUS75 KVEF 300051
FFSVEF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
551 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017
CAC071-300100-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170730T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Bernardino CA-
551 PM PDT SAT JUL 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM PDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3428 11634 3419 11601 3408 11601 3408 11604
3410 11604 3411 11605 3412 11605 3412 11626
3408 11627 3407 11632
$$
KGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.