1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 5, 3:07 PM PST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 407 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2001 SYNOPSIS...A FLOW OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. DISCUSSION...BUSY DAY AND COULD BE EVEN MORE ACTIVE FRIDAY FOR PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MID AND UPPER-LEVEL HIGH OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT EAST THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINTAINING A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (DEW POINTS IN THE 55-65 DEGREE RANGE) WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND LIKELY INCREASE SOME PROVIDING PLENTY OF CAPE AND INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS. STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR BOTH SEVERE AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT. TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE TO WATCH WILL BE THE SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH ALONG THE BAJA COAST. JET MAX WITH THIS FEATURE FORECAST TO MOVE UP INTO SOUTHERN CA/NV FRIDAY MORNING. MODELS HANDLE DIVERGENCE AND FORCING WITH THE JET FEATURE DIFFERENTLY. POSSIBLE THAT AS JET APPROACHES ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN CA/AZ AND MOVE QUICKLY INTO THE REGION. UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE THEN INCREASES FRIDAY AND THIS ALONE COULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD (STRONGER?) STORMS. TOO CLOSE TO CALL AND HAVE RAMPED UP CHANCES FOR STORMS TONIGHT/FRIDAY FOR MOST ZONES. DID NOT USE ANY DIURNAL TREND TO THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN ZONES WITH THE UNCERTAINTY IN DYNAMICS. DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS DEVELOP TONIGHT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CLARK...MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED OR ANOTHER ONE ISSUED BY FOLLOWING SHIFTS FOR FRIDAY. STAY TUNED! RETURNED TO BASIC MONSOON (SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM) FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AS NO ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES INDICATED AT THIS TIME. EXTENDED OFFERS LITTLE HOPE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT DRYING TREND. AFTER SHIFTING INTO THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY...UPPER HIGH DRIFTS BACK WESTWARD TOWARD FOUR CORNERS REGION MON-WED. NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE SOME DAYS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ISOLATED OR CONFINED JUST TO HIGHER TERRAIN (LIKELY SUNDAY AND MONDAY) BUT IN NO WAY CAN THEY BE ELIMINATED FROM FORECAST. FELT IT PRUDENT TO CONTINUE DAILY MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL ZONES WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. NEMETH .LAS....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. SEE THE LATEST STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from thunderstorms produced flash flooding over parts of Mohave county. Area washes were running around a foot deep and some flooding was reported on area roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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