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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 25, 2021Mohave County, Arizona; Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2021, 5:37 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; 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
Jul 25, 2021, 5:37 PM MST (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2021, 8:45 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

326 
WGUS55 KVEF 260037
FFWVEF
AZC015-NVC017-260345-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0063.210726T0037Z-210726T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
537 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Mohave County in northwestern Arizona...
  Southeastern Lincoln County in south central Nevada...

* Until 845 PM MST /845 PM PDT/.

* At 537 PM MST /537 PM PDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.  Heavy rain of 1-1.5 inches 
  has fallen in the Meadow Valley Wash.  Additional rain of up to 1 
  inch is possible.

  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...
  Caliente, Cabin Pines Campground, Beaver Dam State Park, 
  Kershaw-Ryan Campground, Carp and Elgin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3685 11469 3737 11465 3770 11452 3752 11406
      3700 11405 3700 11403 3685 11403

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

$$

DB
1 follow-up statement
116 
WGUS75 KVEF 260338
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
838 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021

AZC015-NVC017-260348-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210726T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-Lincoln NV-
838 PM MST Sun Jul 25 2021 /838 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021/

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM MST/845 PM PDT/ THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MOHAVE AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

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

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MST/1200 AM PDT 
for portions of northwest Arizona, southeast California and southern 
Nevada.

LAT...LON 3685 11469 3737 11465 3770 11452 3752 11406
      3700 11405 3700 11403 3685 11403

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 5:04 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave5 hr
Jul 25, 5:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave54 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM MSTDust Storm WarningVEFMohave63 min
Jul 25, 6:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave59 min
Jul 25, 7:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave52 min
Jul 25, 7:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave63 min
Jul 25, 8:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave61 min
Jul 25, 10:26 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningVEFMohave8 hr
Jul 26, 1:51 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Jul 25, 6:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln39 min
Jul 25, 8:09 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Jul 25, 8:59 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Jul 25, 9:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark, Nye50 min
Jul 26, 10:20 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Jul 26, 10:44 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Jul 26, 11:32 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark, Nye4 hr
Jul 26, 12:29 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFNye3 hr
Jul 26, 12:40 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFNye3 hr
Jul 26, 1:28 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFLincoln3 hr
Jul 26, 2:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln40 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFLincoln2 hr
Jul 26, 4:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln41 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.