Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 3:25 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2000, 3:25 PM PDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2000, 4:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Clark County, NV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:00 PM PDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 M | Las Vegas, NV | Severe thunderstorms developed across the Las Vegas valley through the afternoon. Strong wind gusts were reported with the Las Vegas ASOS reporting a wind gust of 64 mph and a wind gust of 66 mph recorded at the NWS Las Vegas. Several trees were blown down and |
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 nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WUUS55 KVEF 242227 SVRLAS NVC003-242330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 325 PM PDT WED MAY 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY... BOULER CITY * UNTIL 430 PM PDT * AT 325 PM PDT...STRONG OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE LAS VEGAS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITES OCCASIONALLY DOWN TO A HALF MILE. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM...BUT THERE WILL BE LITTLE RAIN. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 3573 11542 3576 11488 3634 11467 3652 11561 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.