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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 10, 2021Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2021, 3:25 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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
Aug 10, 2021, 3:25 PM MST (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 6:30 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 4:10 PM MSTFLASH FLOOD2 Ssw New Kingman-Butle, AZINTERSECTION OF MORROW AND BURBANK FLOODED.
Aug 10, 4:34 PM MSTFLASH FLOOD1 Sse New Kingman-Butle, AZ8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER BANK STREET JUST NORTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

037 
WGUS55 KVEF 102225
FFWVEF
AZC015-110130-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0103.210810T2225Z-210811T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM MST.

* At 325 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain in Stockton Hill Road moving south toward New 
  Kingman-Butler. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

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

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Stockton Hill Road and New Kingman-Butler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3541 11397 3530 11391 3524 11392 3524 11399
      3522 11405 3526 11411 3531 11416 3545 11410

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

$$

SC
2 follow-up statements
286 
WGUS75 KVEF 102305
FFSVEF

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

AZC015-110130-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210811T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
405 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST THIS 
EVENING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

At 405 PM MST, Rain gauges in New Kingman-Butler along Thompson 
Avenue and North Bank Street have received more than 0.75 inches of 
rain in under 30 minutes as of 405 pm MST. Flash flooding is ongoing 
or expected to begin shortly.

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

SOURCE...Gauges reported.

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

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Kingman and New Kingman-Butler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3541 11397 3530 11391 3524 11392 3524 11399
      3522 11405 3526 11411 3531 11416 3545 11410

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

$$

SC
456 
WGUS75 KVEF 110121
FFSVEF

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

AZC015-110131-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210811T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
621 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR 
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended along Stockton Hill Road and central Mohave 
County. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please 
continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3541 11397 3530 11391 3524 11392 3524 11399
      3522 11405 3526 11411 3531 11416 3545 11410

$$

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, 2:50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.