Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

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

IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY AFTERNOON ACRS THE CWA.  THE S/W OVR SAN
PROVIDED SOME CYCLONIC FLOW FOR AIDING THIS GULF SURGE.  PER COOR WITH
LAX...NICE COUPLET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NV/CA BDR ALONG WITH THETA-E/H8
DP AXIS REALLY HELP BLOW UP THESE STORMS.  POSSIBLE SEE SOME ACTIVITY
OVR THE LAS VALLEY ITSELF THIS EVE WITH SURGE FROM OUTFLOW FROM
MCCOLLOUGH RANGE JUST SW OF LAS. THETA-E RDG REMAINS IN PLACE TMW WHICH
WL AID IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AGAIN OVR SRN NV...SRN CA AND NW AZ. SOME
DRYG TO OCCUR NW OF TPH WITH AID OF NRN CA S/W COMING IN.  PROBLY SEE
SOME LOCAL DIURNAL AFTN BREEZES WITH ENTRANCE OF TROF IN NRN PARTS OF
CWA.  OTRW SLOW DRYING IN LWR LVLS W TO E THROUGH EXNTDD.  LAS3121.
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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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