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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 20, 1998Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1998, 7:07 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 20, 1998, 7:07 PM MST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1998, 8:05 PM MST
In force
58 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, 2.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 1998-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 1998-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLAS 210209 RRA
SVRLAS
AZC015-210305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
707 PM PDT (707 PM MST) MON JUL 20 1998


*  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
   EAST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA

*  UNTIL 805 PM MST (805 PM PDT)

*  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
   PEACH SPRINGS
   TRUXTON
   HUALAPAUI INDIAN RESERVATION

AT 700 PM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THE MOHAVE/COCONINO COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.

A HAM RADIO SPOTTER EAST OF PEACH SPRINGS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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.

PIERCE

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 Jul 20, 1:50 PM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:50 PM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
150 PM PDT MON JUL 20 1998

SYNOPSIS...THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH
WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MONSOONAL
MOISTURE TO FLOW NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN CONTINUING THE CHANCE OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS.

DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN DOMINATE ACROSS THE AREA THE
LAST FEW DAYS HAD SHIFTED EAST TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. THIS HAS
ALLOWED THE MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW TO SURGE NORTH INTO THE CWA. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE HAD INCREASED...WITH LOW LEVEL DEWPOINTS INTO THE 50S
ACROSS THE NORTH AND 60S ACROSS THE SOUTH. CIRCULATION CENTER FROM AN
EARLY MORNING MCS WAS OVER SE INYO COUNTY TRACKING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST. ANOTHER VORT WAS EVIDENT OVER NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. THIS
FEATURE WAS HELPING INITIATE CONVECTION ACROSS THIS AREA. NONE OF THE
12Z MODELS INITIALIZED THE DUAL VORT STRUCTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA
WELL. WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE FEATURES VIA SATELLITE.
OTHERWISE...OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN CHANGES VERY LITTLE RIGHT
THROUGH THE 3 TO 5 DAY PERIOD WITH THE FOUR CORNERS HIGH CONTINUING
TO PUMP MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. WILL BROADBRUSH WITH
SCATTERED POPS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA AND ACROSS MOST OF MOHAVE COUNTY.  WILL STAY WITH ISOLATED POPS
ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

LAS 2222. MATUSIEWICZ

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.