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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 4, 1993Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1993, 6:05 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1993, 6:05 PM PDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1993, 6:40 PM PDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 00:00Z on 1993-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 00:00Z on 1993-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 6:05 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFClark35 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.