Alert archive / California / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2017, 7:36 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. 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 2, 2017, 7:36 PM PDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 10:30 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 Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WGUS55 KVEF 030236 FFWVEF CAC027-030530- /O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0066.170803T0236Z-170803T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 736 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South central Inyo County in south central California... * Until 1030 PM PDT * At 735 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain near Furnace Creek and Artists Drive. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Furnace Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3643 11656 3614 11656 3614 11691 3643 11691 $$ Morgan
3 follow-up statements
336 WGUS75 KVEF 030324 FFSVEF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 824 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 CAC027-030530- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-170803T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Inyo CA- 824 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... At 823 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms were moving west away from Artists Drive and Furnace Creek across West Side Road. Flash flooding is expected. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Furnace Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3643 11656 3614 11656 3614 11691 3643 11691 $$ Morgan
379 WGUS75 KVEF 030414 FFSVEF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 914 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 CAC027-030530- /O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-170803T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Inyo CA- 914 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INYO COUNTY... At 903 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms have diminished in intensity. Runoff from earlier thunderstorms will continue to provide the threat of flash flooding including along Artists Drive, West Side Road and Badwater Road south of Furnace Creek. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Furnace Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 3643 11656 3614 11656 3614 11691 3643 11691 $$ Czyzyk
251 WGUS75 KVEF 030526 FFSVEF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1026 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 CAC027-030532- /O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-170803T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Inyo CA- 1026 PM PDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INYO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM PDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat in the vicinity of Furnace Creek and along Artists Drive and therefore the Flash Flood Warning will be allowed to expire at 1030 PM PDT. A Flash Flood Warning continues elsewhere in south central Inyo County along Highway 178 until 1 AM PDT. LAT...LON 3643 11656 3614 11656 3614 11691 3643 11691 $$ Czyzyk
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 8:09 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:04 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:36 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:27 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 21 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:02 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:41 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:59 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:00 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.