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Flood Watch 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 11, 20224 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flood watch at Sep 11, 2022, 1:17 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Sep 13, 2022, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2022, 1:17 PM PDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 13, 2022, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2022, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Flood severity: None

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 11, 2:49 AM PDT, 10 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 2:49 AM PDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 11, 10:12 AM PDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1012 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 E PANAMINT SPRINGS    36.35N 117.33W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            CALTRANS AND THE NPS REPORTS THAT STATE
            ROUTE 190 IS CLOSED FROM STOVEPIPE WELLS TO
            STATE ROUTE 136 DUE TO FLOODING, DEBRIS, AND
            ROAD DAMAGE NEAR MILE MARKER 64.

0450 PM     FLASH FLOOD      23 SW DEATH VALLEY JUNC 36.12N 116.75W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            BADWATER ROAD IS CLOSED AT THE STATE ROUTE
            190 JUNCTION DUE TO DAMAGE FROM FLOODING AND
            DEBRIS BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 10 AND 16.

&&

MS

Local storm report, Sep 11, 1:15 PM PDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
115 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CALIENTE                37.61N 114.51W
09/10/2022                   LINCOLN            NV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS
            FLASH FLOODING IN CALIENTE WITH WATER
            FLOWING THROUGH BUSINESSES.

0218 PM     FLASH FLOOD      OLANCHA                 36.28N 118.01W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS PARTIAL
            LANE FLOODING BY THE LONE PINE FILM MUSEUM.

0257 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 E PANAMINT SPRINGS    36.35N 117.33W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS DEBRIS ON
            STATE ROUTE 190 BY MILE MARKER 63.

0350 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 NE BIG PINE          37.27N 118.15W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS FLASH FLOODING AT STATE ROUTE
            168 AT THE NARROWS.

0420 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 E PANAMINT SPRINGS    36.35N 117.33W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            CALTRANS AND THE NPS REPORTS THAT STATE
            ROUTE 190 IS CLOSED FROM STOVEPIPE WELLS TO
            STATE ROUTE 136 DUE TO FLOODING, DEBRIS, AND
            ROAD DAMAGE NEAR MILE MARKER 64.

0443 PM     FLASH FLOOD      10 SSE FURNACE CREEK    36.31N 116.82W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN DEATH VALLEY
            REPORTS BADWATER ROAD HAS DEBRIS AND FLOWING
            WATER GOING OVER IT. BADWATER ROAD WILL
            CLOSE AT STATE ROUTE 190.

0450 PM     FLASH FLOOD      23 SW DEATH VALLEY JUNC 36.12N 116.75W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            BADWATER ROAD IS CLOSED AT THE STATE ROUTE
            190 JUNCTION DUE TO DAMAGE FROM FLOODING AND
            DEBRIS BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 10 AND 16.

0456 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S LONE PINE           36.58N 118.06W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS A MOTORCYCLE STUCK IN MUD ON
            STATE ROUTE 136. STATE ROUTE 136 WILL BE
            CLOSED AT THE HIGHWAY 395 JUNCTION.

0501 PM     FLASH FLOOD      11 ENE PANAMINT SPRINGS 36.40N 117.28W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS FLOODING AT TOWNE PASS IN DEATH
            VALLEY WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLES STOPPED ALONG
            HIGHWAY 190.

0520 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WSW ROUND VALLEY      37.41N 118.61W
09/10/2022                   INYO               CA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CHP REPORTS FLASH FLOODING ON PINE CREEK
            ROAD AT MONTANA ROAD. UPDATED DETAILS
            RECEIVED AT 1807 MENTIONED BOULDERS AND
            DEBRIS OVER THE ROADWAY WITH STRANDED
            CAMPERS.

0320 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 SSE MEADVIEW          35.89N 114.03W
09/10/2022                   MOHAVE             AZ   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MOHAVE COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTS A MUD SLIDE
            ON DIAMOND BAR ROAD. DIAMOND BAR ROAD IS
            CLOSED FROM PIERCE FERRY ROAD TO MILE MARKER
            4.

0450 PM     FLASH FLOOD      9 NE DOLAN SPRINGS      35.70N 114.17W
09/10/2022                   MOHAVE             AZ   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            MOHAVE COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTED FLASH
            FLOODING OVER PIERCE FERRY. ROAD IS CLOSED
            FROM MILE MARKER 4 TO STOCKTON HILL ROAD.
            TIME CONFIRMED BY WEBCAM.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 5:22 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Inyo	3 hr
Sep 10, 6:14 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Inyo	46 min
Sep 11, 3:33 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	San Bernardino	3 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.