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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 10, 1996Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1996, 3:30 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1996, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1996, 4:30 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Mohave County, AZ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 4:24 PM MSTThunderstorm Wind 62Bullhead City Arpt, AZ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 1996-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 1996-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 KLAS 102233
SVRLAS
AZC015-102330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 PM PDT (330 PM MST) WED JUL 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM PDT (430 PM MST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
 
   ...WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF KINGMAN...DOLAN SPRINGS
...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PART OF THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.
 
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.
 
KOSIER

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 Jul 10, 1:52 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:52 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
150 PM PDT WED JUL 10 1996

LOTS OF ACTIVITY ACROSS ENTIRE CWA THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL KEEP THIS
SHORT.  RADAR AND STLT CONTINUE TO SHOW T-STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS MUCH
OF AREA WITH FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT LEE CANYON AT MT CHARLESTON
WITH OVER TWO INCHES IN UNDER TWO HOURS.  PER COOR WITH RNO/EKO WILL
ISSUE FF WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.  PER COOR WITH PHX HAVE
ISSUED FF WATCH FOR MOHAVE CNTY TIL 10 PM.  UPPER LOW OFF NRN BAJA CA
FCST TO DRIFT NW AND UPPER HIGH POSITION FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED
ACTIVITY THU INTO THU NIGHT WITH AMPLE MSTR AND DYNAMICS.  AS RDG
BECOMES ORIENTED MORE E-W EXPECT SLIGHT DECREASE IN ACTIVITY FRI.
LAS 2121.  KOSIER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 9:48 AM MST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
101750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
948 AM PDT (948 AM MST) WED JUL 10 1996

...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 9:50 AM MST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
AZZ001>003-101750-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
950 AM PDT (950 AM MST) WED JUL 10 1996

...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:08 AM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
NVZ009-008-AZZ001-002-003-110515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1107 AM PDT (1107 AM MST) WED JUL 10 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA...

AT 11 AM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA NEAR MT
CHARLESTON AS WELL AS EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF KINGMAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THIS
TIME.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA AS WELL AS NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS
OR ON LAKE MEAD SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLAxCE OF
SAFETY.

KOSIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 4:28 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.