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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 29, 2000Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 3:23 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2000, 3:23 PM MST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 4:30 PM MST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mohave County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 
WUUS55 KVEF 292224
SVRLAS
AZC015-292330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
323 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  PEACH SPRINGS...TRUXTON...VALENTINE

* UNTIL 430 PM MST

* AT 320 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDNING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF  
  VALENTINE TO 2 MILES EAST OF PEACH SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 
  5-10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR PEACH SPRINGS BETWEEN 330 AND 400 PM MST
  NEAR TRUXTON BETWEEN 400 PM AND 430 PM MST  
  NEAR VALENTINE AROUND 430 PM MST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE-INCH IN 
DIAMETER...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3552 11333 3590 11373 3572 11396 3531 11364

NNNN

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.