Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:24 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Bullhead 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.