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Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 10, 2021Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2021, 2:50 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, 2021, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 6:00 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 65 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-327 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

589 
WGUS55 KVEF 102150
FFWVEF
AZC015-110100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0102.210810T2150Z-210811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
250 PM PDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MST.

* At 250 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain at the Archibald Wash at Pierce 
  Ferry Road. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
           crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Dolan Springs, Packsaddle Campground, Windy Point Campground and 
  Chloride.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3571 11422 3570 11407 3559 11409 3554 11406
      3535 11414 3542 11425 3551 11433 3572 11433

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

SC
2 follow-up statements
122 
WGUS75 KVEF 102320
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
420 PM PDT Tue Aug 10 2021

AZC015-110100-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
420 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING 
FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

At 420 PM MST, County road crews reported Stockton Hill Road Closed 
up to Pierce Ferry Road. Rain gauges along Pierce Ferry Road 
received between one and nearly two inches of rainfall. Flash 
flooding is ongoing.

HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
         creeks, normally dry washes and roads.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Dolan Springs, Packsaddle Campground, Windy Point Campground and 
  Chloride.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3571 11422 3570 11407 3559 11409 3554 11406
      3535 11414 3542 11425 3551 11433 3572 11433

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

SC
437 
WGUS75 KVEF 110053
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
553 PM PDT Tue Aug 10 2021

AZC015-110103-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
553 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WEST 
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3571 11422 3570 11407 3559 11409 3554 11406
      3535 11414 3542 11425 3551 11433 3572 11433

$$

SC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:30 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 10, 1:22 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave2 hr
Aug 10, 1:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave40 min
Aug 10, 2:05 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 10, 2:06 PM MSTDust Storm WarningVEFMohave54 min
Aug 10, 2:13 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 10, 3:25 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 10, 3:51 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 10, 4:59 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr

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.