Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1997, 5:49 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 2, 1997, 5:49 PM PDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1997, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Bernardino County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:27 PM PDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Barstow, CA | The Barstow Fire Dept. reported winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph. |
| Sep 2, 6:30 PM PDT | Hail 0.75 | Dagget Barstow Arpt, CA | Dime-sized hail was reported by the official weather observer at the airport. |
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 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 2, 2:07 PM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 2:07 PM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 205 PM PDT TUE SEP 2 1997 RADAR AND STLT BOTH INDICATE MOST OF FCST AREA CONVECTION-FREE WITH EXCEPTION OF ERN SLOPES OF SIERRA NEVADA. SEVERAL FACTORS LIKELY INHIBITING T-STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS AT 21Z STILL ONLY IN LOWER 80S OVER SRN NV WHICH IS STILL WELL BELOW CONVECTIVE TEMPS. RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT ALSO LIKELY STABILIZED LOWER LAYERS TO SOME DEGREE AND CAPPING INVERSION AT 6OO MB ALSO A FACTOR. WITH ALL THAT SAID...WILL TRIM PRECIP CHANCE A CATEGORY OR TWO FOR TONIGHT INTO ISOLD OR SCT. ALL MDLS SHOW LITTLE CHG FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH FCST AREA REMAINING UNDER A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH UNSTBL CONDS CONTINUING WITH FCST LI VALUES IN THE 0 TO -2 CATEGORY. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE BROAD-BRUSH APPROACH WITH SCT POPS FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH THU. LONGER RANGE MDLS CONTINUE TO BRING TROUGH ALONG WEST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH SHOULD BRING A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW THEREBY CUTTING OFF T-STORMS CHANCES. LAS 2332. KOSIER SRN NV...NONE ERN CA...NONE NW AZ ...NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 77 min |
| Sep 3, 12:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 65 min |
| Sep 3, 2:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 65 min |
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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.