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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 26, 2005Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 4:54 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2005, 4:54 PM MST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 5:45 PM MST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 284 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 262357
SVRVEF
AZC015-270045-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0021.050726T2354Z-050727T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
456 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA

* UNTIL 545 PM PDT(545 PM MST)

* AT 455 PM PDT(455 PM MST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DIME SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN
  AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES EAST OF BOULDER CITY YO 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF DOLAN SPRINGS...AND IS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THIS WARNING UPDATES AND REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR
  WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
  RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3592 11441 3551 11454 3548 11396 3582 11400
      3579 11419

$$

RUNK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KVEF 270020
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
515 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2005

AZC015-270045-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
MOHAVE AZ-
515 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM PDT(545 PM
MST) FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...

AT 510 PM PDT(510 PM MST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF WILLOW BEACH TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
DOLAN SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3592 11441 3551 11454 3548 11396 3582 11400
      3579 11419

$$
SC
000 
WWUS55 KVEF 270045
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
542 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2005

AZC015-270052-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050727T0045Z/
MOHAVE AZ-
542 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 545 PM MST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF DOLAN SPRINGS HAVE WEAKENED DURING 
THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM NEAR AND ALONG 
HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN DOLAN SPRINGS AND KINGMAN. HEAVY RAIN...WIND 
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 


LAT...LON 3592 11441 3551 11454 3548 11396 3582 11400
      3579 11419

$$

PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave38 min
Jul 26, 3:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave42 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave49 min
Jul 26, 4:47 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.