Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2005, 7:09 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 70 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
- Aug 1, 2005, 7:09 PM MST (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2005, 8:19 PM MST
- In force
- 70 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), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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 020210 SVRVEF AZC015-020315- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0049.050802T0209Z-050802T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 709 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA * UNTIL 815 PM PDT(815 PM MST) * AT 659 PM PDT(659 PM MST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY NEAR ALAMO STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF WIKIEUP...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY AT 720 PM PDT(720 PM MST) THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3435 11401 3421 11403 3427 11330 3440 11330 $$ PIERCE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KVEF 020227 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 727 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 AZC015-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050802T0315Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 727 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM PDT(815 PM MST) FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 726 PM PDT(726 PM MST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MOHAVE/LA PAZ COUNTY LINE NEAR ALAMO DAM STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF PARKER DAM...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3435 11401 3421 11403 3427 11330 3440 11330 $$ PIERCE
000 WWUS55 KVEF 020303 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 802 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 AZC015-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050802T0315Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 802 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM PDT(815 PM MST) FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 751 PM PDT(751 PM MST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF PARKER DAM...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3435 11401 3421 11403 3427 11330 3440 11330 $$ PIERCE
000 WWUS55 KVEF 020319 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 816 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 AZC015-020326- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050802T0315Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 816 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 PM PDT(815 PM MST)... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS EAST OF PARKER DAM ALONG THE MOHAVE/LA PAZ COUNTY LINE HAS WEAKENED. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 930 PM IN SOUTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY NEAR LAKE HAVASU CITY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. LAT...LON 3435 11401 3421 11403 3427 11330 3440 11330 $$ PIERCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 10:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 1:23 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 4:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.