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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 2, 2025Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2025, 6:43 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2025, 6:43 PM PDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2025, 9:45 PM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 7:45 PM PDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 S Coyote Springs, NV	Flood water and debris over the roadway reported at milepost 80-81 south of Coyote Springs by NDOT. Upstream Clark County Flood Control rain gage at Elbow Canyon reported 1.69 inches of rain in one hour. Road closed and both lanes blocked due to mud and and de

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

761 
WGUS55 KVEF 030143
FFWVEF
NVC003-030445-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0013.250603T0143Z-250603T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
643 PM PDT Mon Jun 2 2025

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Clark County in southern Nevada...

* Until 945 PM PDT.

* At 643 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain near Coyote Springs. Nearly one inch of rain has fallen 
  in 15 minutes at Elbow Canyon. 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...
  Sr 168 Mile Marker 21 and Coyote Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3657 11503 3684 11505 3683 11488 3675 11467
      3654 11481

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

$$

CO

2 follow-up statements

923 
WGUS75 KVEF 030236
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
736 PM PDT Mon Jun 2 2025

NVC003-030445-
/O.CON.KVEF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250603T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clark NV-
736 PM PDT Mon Jun 2 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM PDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

At 736 PM PDT, Doppler radar continued to indicate thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain near Coyote Springs and along the US-93 
corridor north of Apex. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
begin shortly. A rain gage at Elbow Mountain reported 1.54 inches of 
rain in less than one hour.

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...
  Sr 168 Mile Marker 21 and Coyote Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3657 11503 3684 11505 3683 11488 3675 11467
      3654 11481

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

$$

CO

298 
WGUS75 KVEF 030439
FFSVEF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
939 PM PDT Mon Jun 2 2025

NVC003-030449-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250603T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clark NV-
939 PM PDT Mon Jun 2 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3657 11503 3684 11505 3683 11488 3675 11467
      3654 11481

$$

CO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:32 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Clark, Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 2, 6:05 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark, Lincoln	70 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	94 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:26 AM PDT	Flood Watch	VEF	Clark, Lincoln, Nye	34 hr
Jun 3, 2:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	44 min
Jun 3, 2:04 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jun 3, 3:03 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	57 min
Jun 3, 3:35 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	40 min
Jun 3, 4:29 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.