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September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods, the Glossary

In a period of three days on September 1–3, 2023, flooding occurred as part of a seasonal monsoon season across portions of the Southwestern United States, including California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Las Vegas Valley.^[1]

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2023 floods in the United States
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September 2023 events in the United States

ABC News (United States)

ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.

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Allegiant Stadium

Allegiant Stadium is a domed multi-purpose stadium located in Paradise, Nevada, southwest of adjacent Las Vegas.

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Aon (company)

Aon plc is a British-American professional services and management consulting firm that offers a range of risk-mitigation products.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Arizona State Sun Devils

The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams that represent Arizona State University.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Black Rock Desert

The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa north of Reno, Nevada, that encompasses more than of land and contains more than of historic trails.

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The Bryant Bulldogs football program represents Bryant University in college football.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah.

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Bullhead City, Arizona

Bullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City. Bullhead City is located at the southern end of Lake Mohave.

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Burning Man

Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the western United States.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California Highway Patrol

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the principal state police agency for the U.S. state of California.

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California State Route 78

State Route 78 (SR 78) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs from Oceanside east to Blythe, traversing nearly the entire width of the state.

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Carbon County, Utah

Carbon County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Chris Rock

Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Coachella Valley

The Coachella Valley is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County.

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Convective available potential energy

In meteorology, convective available potential energy (commonly abbreviated as CAPE), is a measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support upward air movement that can lead to cloud formation and storms.

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Daily Press (California)

The Daily Press is a daily newspaper published in Victorville, California.

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Diplo

Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer.

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Dust storm

A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions.

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Eastern Idaho

Eastern Idaho is the area of Idaho lying east of the Magic Valley region.

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Flash flood warning

A flash flood warning (SAME code: FFW) is a severe weather warning product of the National Weather Service that is issued by national weather forecasting agencies throughout the world to alert the public that a flash flood is imminent or occurring in the warned area.

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Fort Mohave, Arizona

Fort Mohave is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

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Fox Weather

Fox Weather is a digital broadcast television network and streaming channel operated by Fox Corporation which launched on October 25, 2021 to provide weather forecasts and information for the United States.

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Harry Reid International Airport

Harry Reid International Airport is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Imperial County, California

Imperial County (Condado de Imperial) is a county located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California.

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Imperial Valley

The Imperial Valley (Valle de Imperial or Valle Imperial) of Southern California lies in Imperial and Riverside counties, with an urban area centered on the city of El Centro.

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Interstate 15

Interstate 15 (I-15) is a major Interstate Highway in the Western United States, running through Southern California and the Intermountain West.

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Jean, Nevada

Jean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located approximately south of the Las Vegas hotel-casino corridor along Interstate 15, and north of the Nevada-California border.

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Kingman, Arizona

Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

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KNSD

KNSD (channel 39) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet.

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KSAZ-TV

KSAZ-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet.

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KSL-TV

KSL-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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KSNV

KSNV (channel 3) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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KTNV-TV

KTNV-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with ABC.

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KUTV

KUTV (channel 2) is a television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, affiliated with CBS.

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La Paz County, Arizona

La Paz County (Condado de La Paz) is the 15th county in the U.S. state of Arizona, located in the western part of the state.

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Las Vegas Fire & Rescue

Las Vegas Fire & Rescue provides fire service and emergency medical services to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States.

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Low-pressure area

In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.

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Maricopa County, Arizona

Maricopa County is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County is a county in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Monsoon

A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.

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National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.

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Neal Katyal

Neal Kumar Katyal (born March 12, 1970) is an American appellate lawyer and professor of law.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Nevada Department of Transportation

The Nevada Department of Transportation (Nevada DOT or NDOT) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Nevada State Route 447

State Route 447 (SR 447) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Niland, California

Niland (formerly Old Beach, Imperial Junction, and Hobgood) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States.

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Palo Verde, California

Palo Verde (Spanish for "Green Stick"; Mojave: Hanyomalivah) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California.

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Patch Media, also known as Patch, operates Patch.com, an American local news and information platform, based in Manhattan.

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a civil–military public international airport east of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

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Pima County, Arizona

Pima County is a county in the south central region of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

The Reno Gazette Journal is a daily newspaper in Reno, Nevada.

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Ridge (meteorology)

In meteorology a ridge or barometric ridge is an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure compared to the surrounding environment, without being a closed circulation.

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San Luis, Arizona

San Luis is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.

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Shortwave (meteorology)

A shortwave or shortwave trough is an embedded kink in the trough / ridge pattern.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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Specific heat capacity

In thermodynamics, the specific heat capacity (symbol) of a substance is the amount of heat that must be added to one unit of mass of the substance in order to cause an increase of one unit in temperature.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Linq

The Linq (formerly Flamingo Capri, Imperial Palace and The Quad) is a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Training (meteorology)

In meteorology, training denotes repeated areas of rain, typically associated with thunderstorms, that move over the same region in a relatively short period.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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U.S. Route 191 in Utah

U.S. Route 191 (US-191) is a major, north–south U.S. Numbered Highway through eastern Utah, United States.

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U.S. Route 6 in Utah

U.S. Route 6 (US-6) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway through the central part of the U.S. state of Utah.

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U.S. Route 93 in Nevada

In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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The UNLV Rebels football program is a college football team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Weather Prediction Center

The Weather Prediction Center (WPC), located in College Park, Maryland, is one of nine service centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2023_southwestern_U.S._floods

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See also

2023 floods in the United States

Floods in California

Natural disasters in Arizona

Natural disasters in Nevada

Natural disasters in Utah

September 2023 events in the United States

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