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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 29, 2021Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2021, 3:26 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. 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
Jun 29, 2021, 3:26 PM PDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 6:30 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2021-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2021-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

078 
WGUS55 KVEF 292226
FFWVEF
NVC017-300130-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0003.210629T2226Z-210630T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
326 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Lincoln County in south central Nevada...

* Until 630 PM PDT.

* At 326 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain in Beaver Dam State Park. Automate rain gauges have 
  observed 0,79 inches of rainfall in the past 30 minutes. Flash 
  flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

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

  SOURCE...Doppler radar and rain gauges.

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

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Beaver Dam State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3750 11405 3742 11405 3742 11409 3749 11417
      3759 11413 3761 11406 3761 11405 3760 11405
      3759 11405 3757 11405 3754 11405 3752 11405

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

$$

SC
2 follow-up statements
795 
WGUS75 KVEF 300107
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
607 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NVC017-300130-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210630T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln NV-
607 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT THIS 
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 607 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms that produced 
the earlier heavy rain in Beaver Dam State Park have diminished. 
However, runoff from the earlier heavy rain is likely still 
producing flash flooding.

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

SOURCE...Doppler radar.

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

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Beaver Dam State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3750 11405 3742 11405 3742 11409 3749 11417
      3759 11413 3761 11406 3761 11405 3760 11405
      3759 11405 3757 11405 3754 11405 3752 11405

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

$$

SC
228 
WGUS75 KVEF 300123
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
623 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NVC017-300133-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210630T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln NV-
623 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR 
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat in the Beaver dam vicinity. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 3753 11409 3743 11405 3742 11405 3742 11409
      3749 11417 3759 11413 3761 11406 3761 11405
      3760 11405 3759 11405 3757 11405 3754 11405
      3752 11405

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:29 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark2 hr
Jun 29, 3:24 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln51 min
Jun 29, 4:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark, Lincoln58 min

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.