Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2005, 2:04 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2005, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2005, 2:46 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KVEF 302105 SVRVEF CAC071-302145- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0039.050730T2104Z-050730T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 204 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA * UNTIL 245 PM PDT * AT 203 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 40 ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LUDLOW...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF DAGGETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDLOW BY 245 PM PDT(245 PM MST) IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3470 11651 3457 11637 3476 11604 3495 11624 $$ MORGAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KVEF 302121 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 221 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2005 CAC071-302145- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050730T2145Z/ SAN BERNARDINO CA- 221 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... AT 219 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDLOW...OR ABOUT 36 MILES EAST OF DAGGETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT 230 PM PDT(230 PM MST) A CALTRANS OFFICIAL REPORTED HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN NEWBERRY SPRINGS AND LUDLOW WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3470 11651 3457 11637 3476 11604 3495 11624 $$ MORGAN
000 WWUS55 KVEF 302146 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 246 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2005 CAC071-302155- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050730T2145Z/ SAN BERNARDINO CA- 246 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EXPIRED AT 245 PM PDT... AT 245 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN NEWBERRY SPRINGS AND LUDLOW WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...BUT THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND HAS DIMINISHED. LAT...LON 3470 11651 3457 11637 3476 11604 3495 11624 $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 9:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 1:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 3:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 3:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.