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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

May 24, 1995Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 2:40 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 1995, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1995, 3:30 PM PDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Whole counties

County Inyo County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAX 242142
SVRLAX
CAC027-242230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA
240 PM PDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN INYO COUNTY AND NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
 
AT 230 PM LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN PROGRESS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN INYO COUNTY. THE AFFECTED
AREAS INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN BLACK MOUNTAINS...AND THE NEARBY
AMARGOSA RIVER. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15
MILES PER HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
BY 3 PM. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER
HOUR WITH THIS STORM...AND OTHER SURROUNDING STORMS HAVE
RECEIVED REPORTS OF HAIL IN EXCESS OF THREE QUARTER INCH
DIAMETER.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GOMBERG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 8:11 AM PDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:11 AM PDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

QUICK LOOK AT 12Z ETA SHOWS LITTLE CHAMGE FROM PAST RUNS.  LOOKS LIKE
ANOTHER BUSY DAY HERE.  UNMODIFIED DRA SOUNDING SHOWS -3 LI.  MODIFIED
SOUNDING FOR THIS AFTERNOON ON SHARP SHOWS -8 LI WITH CAPE OF NEARLY
2700 J-KG.  WILL ISSUE SPS HORTLY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.  WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT SO THINK FLASH FLOODING A GOOD
POSSIBILITY.  THINKING OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  TODAY LOOKS TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY WITH A LITTLE LESS
ACTIVITY EXPECTED THURSDAY.  EXTENDED MDLS CONTINUE TO BUILD RDG INTO
THE AREA FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND SO CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD.  WILL
BUMP UP MAX TEMPS AGAIN AS MOS CONTINUES TO REMAIN TOO COOL.

LAS 3-2 DRA 3-2.  KOSIER

LAS 84/60/85  DRA 77/57/80

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:45 AM PDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

NVZ008-009-250500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
945 AM PDT WED MAY 24 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON
   AND EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON.  LOW PRESSURE ALOFT LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEVADA CONTINUED TO
PRODUCE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WHICH
WILL ENHANCE THE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WITH
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS EXPECTED...SOME LOCAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR.
IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE.

PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ESPECIALLY THOSE PLANNING A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS OR LAKE MEAD SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

KOSIER

Local storm report, May 24, 1:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
135 PM PDT WED MAY 24 1995

TIME PDT       EVENT

1120           1/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT SAHARA AND HIGHLAND IN
               LAS VEGAS

1210           1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT FLAMINGO AND BOULDER HIGHWAY
               IN LAS VEGAS

1215           1/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT CHARLESTON AND NELLIS IN
               LAS VEGAS

1235           NATIONAL PARKS EMERGENCY DISPATCH IN BOULDER CITY
               REPORTED 1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL AT CALLVILLE BAY AND
               SOME FLOODING ON THE NORTH SHORE ROAD

B. FUIS

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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.