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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 10, 2017Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2017, 2:35 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 10, 2017, 2:35 PM MST (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2017, 5:30 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

750 
WGUS55 KVEF 102135
FFWVEF
AZC015-110030-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0083.170810T2135Z-170811T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
235 PM MST THU AUG 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Mohave County in northwestern Arizona...

* Until 530 PM MST

* At 234 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain over Valentine and Route 66 between mile markers 83 and 
  93. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Valentine and Peach Springs. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3554 11345 3520 11347 3520 11381 3552 11378

$$

ASG
2 follow-up statements
596 
WGUS75 KVEF 102246
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
346 PM MST THU AUG 10 2017

AZC015-110030-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-170811T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
346 PM MST THU AUG 10 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

At 345 PM MST, Doppler radar showed thunderstorms continuing over 
portions of the warned area. Runoff from earlier heavy rains still 
has the potential of producing flash flooding through 530 pm. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Valentine and Peach Springs. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3554 11345 3520 11347 3520 11381 3552 11378

$$

ASG
847 
WGUS75 KVEF 102333
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
433 PM MST THU AUG 10 2017

AZC015-102343-
/O.CAN.KVEF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-170811T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
433 PM MST THU AUG 10 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3554 11345 3520 11347 3520 11381 3552 11378

$$

ASG

Nearby

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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.