Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
908 AM PDT SUN JUL 14 1996

ALREADY HAD SOME SHOWERS AND TRW'S POP UP THIS MRNG ACRS ERN SAN BRNDNO
ACRS EXCISTING THETA-E/H8 DP AXIS ACRS NV/CA BDR.  WK VORT CIRCULATION
NR SAN AIDED IN BRINGING UP NOCTURAL MSTR SURGE UP CO RVR VALLEY.  TDY
DPS ACRS RVR VALLEY RANGES FROM LWR 70S NR BLH AND YUM...LHU AND EED NR
60...THIS UP CONSIDERABLY FROM YSTDY WHERE BLH AND YUM WERE IN MID 50S
AND LHU AND EED IN MID AND UPR 40S.  SO CHNGD WRDG A TAD FOR MORE
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY TDY THAN INDCD BY PREV FCST. THETA-E RDG AND DRY
SLOT SITUATING MORE N-S TDY EVEN MORE TMW WITH SOME DRYING STARTING TO
OCCUR NW OF TPH WITH ASSISTANCE OF NRN CA S/W.  THE LAST 4 OR 5 DAYS
ACTIVITY STARTED ALONG THIS DRY SLOT SO WILL PROBABLY START THERE AGAIN
TODAY ALONG PRC-BTY LINE. MOIST H7/H8 S-SE FLO WL CONT OVR XTRM SRN
NV...NW AZ...AND CO RVR VALLEY TMW SO TRW'S CONTG TMnW WARRANTED.  LOW
LVL MSTR SLOW TO CREEP OUT OF CWA W TO E SO WL INDICATE THIS IN PM CWA
FCST PACKAGE.  LAS321.  CORDERO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
717 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 1996

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
EASTERN SAN BERNANDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EXTREME
EASTERN SAN BERNANDINO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALONG INTERSTATE 15
BETWEEN BAKER AND HALLORAN SPRINGS.  EVEN THOUGH THE STORMS WERE
FEW AND FAR BETWEEN...THE WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG.

ANY OF THE SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN SAN
BERNANDINO WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
THESE STORMS MAY NOT EVEN LOOK THAT STRONG BUT PEOPLE TRAVELLING SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WITH THESE STORMS. VISIBILITY
MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON AREA ROADWAYS. PEOPLE
TRAVELLING ALONG I-15 NEAR THE CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA BORDER SHOULD KEEP
AN EXTRA CAUTIOUS EYE ON APPROACHING STORMS. SOMETIMES THE PARENT
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CAN BE MILES AWAY.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

CORDERO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1117 AM PDT (1117 AM MST) SUN JUL 14 1996

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER CLARK COUNTY IN
NEVADA...SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA AND SAN BERNANDINO COUNTY
IN CALIFORNIA...

1...IN EASTERN SAN BERNANDINO...AT 11 AM PDT LAS VEGAS WEATHER SERVICE
AND EDWARDS AIR FORCE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS LIGHT SHOWERS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.  SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEEDLES IN THE
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TO JUST EAST OF THE BARSTOW-DAGGET AREA AND OVER
THE TWENTY NINE PALMS MARINE BASE.

2...IN MOHAVE COUNTY...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE EXTENDING FROM ALAMO LAKE TO
JUST NORTH OF PARKER DAM ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE COUNTY.

3...IN CLARK COUNTY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG THE
SHEEP RANGE NEAR THE LINCOLN/CLARK COUNTY BORDER AND IN PORTIONS OF THE
SPRING MOUNTAINS RECREATION AREA.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEVADA...MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA AND SAN BERNANDINO IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON.

ANY OF THE SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA
...MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA OR SAN BERNANDINO WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY SHOWERS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WITH THESE STORMS. VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON AREA ROADWAYS. PEOPLE TRAVELLING ALONG
I-15 NEAR THE CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA BORDER AND ALONG I-40 IN SAN
BERNANDINO SHOULD KEEP AN EXTRA CAUTIOUS EYE ON APPROACHING STORMS.
SOMETIMES THE PARENT SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CAN BE MILES AWAY.

LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND STATEMENT|S FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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