Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
230 PM PST SUN JAN 26 1997

THE LAST IN A SERIES OF IMPULSES WAS MOVG ACRS NRN NEVADA THIS
AFTN.  THIS WAS HELPING TO PRODUCE A BAND OF SCT PCPN EXNTDG SWWD
INTO NRN NYE AND INYO COUNTIES.  THIS IMPULSE WAS PROGGED BY 12Z
MDLS TO WKN AS IT HEADS E OF NEVADA LATER THIS EVE.  BELIEVE TREND
WL BE FOR THE BAND OF SCT PCPN TO DISSIPATE BY ERY EVE AS
DISTURBANCE MOVES E AND MID LVL DRYING ENSUES.  WL MAINTAIN EVE
SLGT CHC/CHC POPS ACRS NEVADA ZNS 13-15.  ELSEWHERE TNGT...PTLY
CLDY/MSTLY CLDY SKIES WL DOMINATE WITH LOW LVL MSTR RMNG ACRS THE
RGN.  MON AND MON NGT...H5 HGTS WL RAPIDLY BUILD ACRS THE RGN.
MSTR DOES BEGIN TO INCREASE MON NGT ACRS THE NRN ZNS AHEAD OF S/W
APRCHG THE NRN CALIFORNIA CST.  UPR RDG FLATTENS ON TUE WITH THE
S/W MOVG TO THE CALIFORNIA/OREGON CST.  BEST MSTR AND DYNAMICS LOOK
TO BE ACRS NW NEVADA ON TUE...SO WL ELECT AT THIS POINT TO KEEP
PCPN OUT OF THE NRN ZNS.  EXNTD PROGS AGREE ON AN UPR RDG BUILDING
ACRS THE RGN WED THRU FRI.  DRY WX WITH TEMPS RISING TO ABV NORMAL
LVLS EXPECTED.  LAS0000.  MATUSIEWICZ

SRN NV...NONE.
ERN CA...NONE.
NW AZ ...NONE.

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
426 PM PST (526 MST) SUN JAN 26 1997

NVZ021-022-AZZ003-031-CAZ028-029-270200-
LAKE MEAD-LAKE MOHAVE RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-

.NOW...
A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTEND FROM 15 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN
ARIZONA IN MOHAVE COUNTY TO THE PROVIDENCE MOUNTIANS IN EASTERN
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.  SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE SHOWERS.  THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ARE FROM
WEST TO EAST AT 20 MPH.  THOSE TRAVELLING IN THE THE CALIFORNIA-
NEVADA-ARIZONA TRISTATE BORDER REGION OR JUST WEST OR EAST OF THIS
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE STORMS.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HEAVY SHOWERS THAT MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

CORDERO

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
457 PM PST (557 MST) SUN JAN 26 1997

NVZ021-022-AZZ003-031-CAZ028-029-270200-
LAKE MEAD-LAKE MOHAVE RECREATION AREA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA-

.NOW...
A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTEND FROM 10 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN
ARIZONA IN MOHAVE COUNTY TO THE PROVIDENCE MOUNTIANS IN EASTERN
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.  SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE SHOWERS.  THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ARE FROM
WEST TO EAST AT 20 MPH.  THOSE TRAVELLING IN THE THE CALIFORNIA-
NEVADA-ARIZONA TRISTATE BORDER REGION OR JUST WEST OR EAST OF THIS
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE STORMS.  DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HEAVY SHOWERS THAT MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
&&
THE BULLHEAD CITY/LAUGHLIN METROPLEX IS EXPERIENCING HEAVY SHOWERS
AS 450 PM PST.  SOME RAIN GAGES NEAR THE LAUGHLIN AREA REPORTED
SIXTEEN HUNDRENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN (.16 INCHES) BETWEEN 420 PM
AND 450 PM.  AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS MOVES EASTWARD THE CITIES OF
NEEDLES AND KINGMAN MAY RECEIVE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AS WELL
AS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

CORDERO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
510 PM PST (610 MST) SUN JAN 26 1997

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD CITY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE LAUGHLIN/
BULLHEAD CITY AREA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  IN ADDITION...REPORTS
OF MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WERE REPORTED.
RESIDENTS OF THE LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD CITY AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.  NORMALLY DRY
WASHES MAY BE FLOWING.  THESE ARE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL ALSO.
&&

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