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Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 4, 2022Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2022, 5:53 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2022, 5:53 PM PDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 9:00 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), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 4, 1:08 PM PDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:08 PM PDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:33 PM PDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:44 PM PDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 5:28 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Lincoln	47 min
Aug 5, 9:20 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Esmeralda, Nye	3 hr
Aug 5, 12:47 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Esmeralda, Nye	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:52 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Inyo	2 hr
Aug 5, 8:46 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Inyo	4 hr
Aug 5, 4:05 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	San Bernardino	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:49 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Mohave	2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.