Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1996, 3:01 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1996, 3:01 AM MST (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1996, 4:00 AM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mohave County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Sep 7, 2:43 AM MST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 2:43 AM MST, 18 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 240 AM PDT SAT SEP 7 1996 UPR LVL SHRTWV...INDCD ON H3 CHARTS AND WV STLT IMAGES...MOVG INTO UT WITH TAIL END OF VORT ACRS SRN NV. EARLIER CONCERNS OF S/WV HELPING FIRE UP ADDITIONAL HAVE PROVED CORRECT. DYNAMICS FRM THIS HAS CONTD TO KICK OFF CONVECTION SRN TIP OF NV AND CELLS SLOWLY MOVG TWD NW AZ ATTM. CURRENT FFA FOR SRN CLARK CO NV BASED ON RADAR AND SPOTTER RPTS FRM SEARCHLIGHT INDCG UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN ON RECENTLY SATURATED GROUND. SFC ANALYSIS INCDS LTL 24 HR CHG IN LOW LVL MSTR AXIS FROM SRN NV INTO AZ. KYUX VWP HAS S-SELY FLOW AOB 3KFT AND WITH 60 DEGREE DWPNTS UP TO LHU (ABOUT THE SAME AS PAST FEW DAYS). THIS LATEST S/WV SHOULD QUICKLY EXIT REGION THIS AM WITH NO IDENTIFIABLE S/WVS OR DYNAMICS INDCD THEREAFTER. UPR TROF FCST TO FLATTEN AS RDG REBUILDS WWD. WILL CONT TO FOLLOW ETA/AVN/MESO ETA MSTR PROGS WITH LTL CHG IN LOW LVL MSTR AXIS. NOT COMPLETELY SOLD ON MESO ETA FCST OF DRAMATICALLY INCRG MSTR INTO SRN NV TDA BUT NO DOUBT MSTR NOT GOING TO DRY UP ANYTIME SOON. NO CHGS TO EXTENDED WITH LTL TO FORCE MSTR OUT...AT LEAST INITIALLY. LAS 11-. NEME0TH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 6, 9:50 PM MST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV
949 PM PDT FRI SEP 6 1996
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM KINGMAN AZ 60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/06/96 MOHAVE WINDS TO 60 MPH REPORTED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE WITH
VISIBILITY DOWN TO ZERO.
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
REPORTED ALONG WITH SOME
FLOWING WASHES.
0410 PM KINGMAN AZ .75 INCH HAIL
09/06/96 MOHAVE MOHAVE COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE IN KINGMAN REPORTED
3/4 INCH HAIL AND POWER
OUTAGES.
0415 PM KINGMAN AZ 1 INCH HAIL
09/06/96 MOHAVE ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
REPORTED BY MOHAVE COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN IN KINGMAN.
0425 PM KINGMAN ARPT AZ .75 INCH HAIL
09/06/96 MOHAVE DIME SIZE HAIL AND OVER A
` THIRD INCH /.35/ OF RAIN.Special weather statement, Sep 6, 10:36 PM MST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
CAZ019-070740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1036 PM PDT FRI SEP 6 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... AT 1030 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BRISTOL MOUNTAINS OR ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF BAKER OFF INTERSTATE 15. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. A COUPLE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THIS THUNDERSTORM BUT THEY WERE NOT AS STRONG. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF BAKER IS LIKELY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. NORMALLY DRY WASHES MAY BE RUNNING WITH WATER AND ANYONE TRAVELLING THROUGH THIS REMOTE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. DO NOT CAMP NEAR NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE THE RAIN IS FALLING. REMEMBER...FLASH FLOODING CAN OCCUR MILES FROM WHERE THE RAIN ACTUALLY FALLS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SKRBAC
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:42 AM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NVZ009-070845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1241 AM PDT SAT SEP 7 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 1230 AM PDT...LAS VEGAS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SEARCHLIGHT AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:53 AM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NVZ009-CAZ019-070955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 152 AM PDT SAT SEP 7 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... AT 150 AM PDT...LAS VEGAS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHEASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEARCHLIGHT AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO 10 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:01 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 4:02 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 4:02 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 5:31 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 44 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.