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Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 31, 2021Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2021, 4:15 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
Jul 31, 2021, 4:15 PM MST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2021, 7:15 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 Cedar City radar (KICX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 319 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 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

347 
WGUS55 KVEF 312315
FFWVEF
AZC015-010215-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0094.210731T2315Z-210801T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
415 PM PDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM MST.

* At 415 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. 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...
  Colorado City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 11293 3692 11298 3700 11310 3700 11300
      3700 11299 3700 11295

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

$$

JS
1 follow-up statement
380 
WGUS75 KVEF 010207
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
707 PM PDT Sat Jul 31 2021

AZC015-010217-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210801T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mohave AZ-
707 PM MST Sat Jul 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY...

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 500 AM MST Sunday for 
portions of northwest Arizona, southeast California and Nevada.

LAT...LON 3700 11293 3692 11298 3700 11310 3700 11300
      3700 11299 3700 11295

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 12:29 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Jul 31, 3:56 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.