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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 3, 1997San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1997, 5:02 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 118 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 3, 1997, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 1997, 7:00 PM PDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Whole counties

County San Bernardino County, CA

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 3, 2:12 PM PDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 2:12 PM PDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
210 PM PDT WED SEP 3 1997

MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTH FROM BAJA MEXICO INTO GREAT
BASIN.  T-STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA
SINCE THIS MORNING AFFECTING MAINLY WRN CLARK COUNTY AND SRN NYE
COUNTY.  NUMEROUS MUDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES REPORTED NEAR LEE CANYON
WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.  PER COOR WITH RNO/PHX/LAX WILL EXTEND
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR NV AREA ROUGHLY EAST OF A TPH-DAG
LINE.  SHORT RANGE MDLS ALL SHOW LITTLE CHG FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS
WITH PERSISTENCE PROBABLY BEST FCST AT THIS TIME.  LONGER RANGE
MDLS CONTINUE TO DRY AREA OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND FOR NOW WILL GO
ALONG WITH THIS IDEA THOUGH NW ARIZONA WILL TAKE LONGER TO DRY OUT
AS USUAL.  LAS 4333.  KOSIER

SRN NV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZNS 15-22 UNTIL 900 PM.
ERN CA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZNS 28-29 UNTIL 900 PM.
NW AZ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZNS 1-3 AND 31 UNTIL 900 PM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 5:02 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	VEF	San Bernardino	118 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.