Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Las Vegas, NV

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
230 PM PDT SAT SEP 7 1996

RATHER ACTIVE AFTN ACRS SRN PTNS OF THE CWA.  KESX RADAR SHOWED TRWS
FIRING MAINLY ACRS THE HIR ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING THE SHEEP RANGE AND
MCCULLOUGH RANGE IN NEVADA...THE NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE MTNS IN SE
CALIFORNIA...AND THE HULALAPAI MTNS IN NW ARIZONA.  TRWS GENERALLY WERE
DRIFTING E ARND 10 MPH.  ACRS NRN PTNS OF CWA WHERE MSTR WAS
LIMITED...SCT CU HAD DVLPD.  FSCT ACRS CWA THRU MON DEPENDENT ON
POSITION OF UPR HI.  12Z MDLS ALL AGREE ON THE CONTINUATION OF A LOW
GRADE MONSOON PATTERN ACRS THE FSCT RGN.  BELIEVE SUN WL BE THE MORE
ACTIVE OF THE TWO DAYS ACRS ERN PTNS OF THE CWA AS AREA OF HIR MSTR
...THETA E AND INSTABILITY...WHICH CURRENTLY EXTND FROM NW ARIZONA NWD
INTO EXTREME SRN NEVADA...SHIFTS SLOLY WWD INTO CNTRL AND SRN CALIFORNIA
AND DECREASES IN MAGNITUDE THRU MON.  DURING THE EXTND PD...A H5 TROF
WL APCH THE W CST AS A UPR HI RMNS IN THE FOUR CORNERS VICINITY.  A
LITTLE DRYING MAY TRY TO WORK INTO WRN PTNS OF THE CWA THU AS SW FLO
BEGINS TO KICK IN...BUT ERN PTNS LIKELY TO HOLD ON TO SOME MSTR AND CHC
OF AFTN/EVE CONVECTION THRU THE PD.  LABS 111-. MATUSIEWICZ

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV
1047 AM PDT SAT SEP 07 1996

TIME(PDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 AM    50 SSE LAS VEGAS MC CARRA NV   1 INCH HAIL
09/07/96   CLARK                          1.00 INCH HAIL AND .78
                                          INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED BY
                                          NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

0530 AM    45 S KINGMAN MOJAVE CO A  AZ   WIND DAMAGE
09/07/96   MOHAVE                         WIND DAMAGE NORTH SIDE OF
                                          LAKE HAVASU CITY.  SMALL
                                          TREES AND FENCE BLOWN DOWN.
       l                                   SEVERAL FLAG POLES BENT
                                          OVER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
214 PM PDT (214 PM MST) SAT SEP 7 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN FIRING UP ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERTS...EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...

AT 205 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE REGION.  THE STRONGEST
CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS OVER THE PROVIDENCE AND NEW YORK MOUNTAINS
SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN PASS AND BAKER OFF INTERSTATE 15.  ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS NEAR THE NORTH END OF
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF
NELSON.  ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY...A COUPLE STRONGER STORMS WERE
SOUTH OF WIKIEUP IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MOHAVE COUNTY.  MOVEMENT
OF MOST OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  NORMALLY
DRY WASHES MAY ALSO BE FILLING WITH WATER AS SOME OF THESE AREAS
RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AROUND THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING.  TRAVELLERS
AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHO
ULD REMAIN UPDATED ON THE CURRENT
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
335 PM PDT (335 PM MST) SAT SEP 7 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CALIFORNIA DESERT...EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE
COUNTY IN ARIZONA...

AT 325 PM PDT (325 PM MST)...RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES STILL
INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE REGION.  SOME
OF THE STRONGER CELLS CONTINUED AROUND THE PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS
IN EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE BETWEEN KELSO
AND GOFFS OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STATE
RECREATION AREA.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DAGGETT TO JUST NORTHWEST OF LANDERS OFF HIGHWAY 247.  IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA ONE STRONGER STORM WAS OVER THE MCCULLOUGH
RANGE ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS.  IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY
IN ARIZONA...A THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE
FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN LAKE HAVASU AND WIKIEUP.

TRAVELLERS...CAMPERS AND ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD KEEP
CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER.  THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  THE NORMALLY DRY WASHES AROUND THE AREA MAY BE FLOWING
WITH SOME WATER.  PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION
TO THE STORM AND DON'T STOP OR CAMP NEAR NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AROUND THE REGION
THROUGH THIS EVENING.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER
UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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