Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Las Vegas, NV

000 
WWUS55 KVEF 030011
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
509 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

NVC003-030030-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050803T0030Z/
CLARK NV-
510 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

AT 505 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF MOAPA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY AT 520 PM PDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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 3677 11484 3659 11484 3663 11442 3684 11441

$$

PIERCE

000 
WWUS55 KVEF 030032
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
530 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

NVC003-030040-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050803T0030Z/
CLARK NV-
530 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY 
EXPIRED AT 530 PM PDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOAPA MOVED NORTHEAST AND IS NOW 
APPROACHING MESQUITE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED AROUND 
MOAPA.

A NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH 630 PM FROM THE STORMS NEAR MESQUITE.  

LAT...LON 3677 11484 3659 11484 3663 11442 3684 11441

$$

PIERCE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
320 PM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
AND MOHAVE DESERT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MOIST AND UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE END OF
THE WEEK.
&&

.SHORT TERM...UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE PACNW HAS BROUGHT A
MORE WESTERLY AND DRIER FLOW TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA...
HOWEVER LITTLE EFFECT ON THE EASTERN PORTION. CONVECTION HAS ONCE
AGAIN FIRED OFF ACROSS MAINLY LINCOLN/CLARK/MOHAVE COUNTIES WITH
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL REPORTS. MAIN AREA OF CONCERN
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE ABOVE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS
-2/-4 LI REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH CAPE
VALUES PUSHING 1600 J/KG OR GREATER. BY WEDNESDAY UPPER TROUGH TO
HAVE SHIFTED EAST WITH RIDGE BUILDING BACK OVER THE CWA BY 00Z
THURSDAY AND THEN REMAINS OVER THE AREA INTO THURSDAY WITH THE
CENTER OVER NV/UT BY 00Z FRI. ALTHOUGH DO NOT BELIEVE MUCH WESTWARD
MOVEMENT OF MOISTURE WILL BE SEEN ON WEDNESDAY WITH MAIN AREA
SIMILAR TO TODAY...BY THURSDAY...PATTERN SHOULD ALLOW MOISTURE TO
PUSH FURTHER WEST AND WILL BROADEN THE AREAL COVERAGE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OVERALL HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE
ISOLATED/SCATTERED CATEGORY...BUT MAY NEED TO BUMP MOUNTAIN POPS UP
LATER. WITH THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION...DAYTIME HEATING TO BE LIMITED
WITH MOST READINGS RUNNING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

.LONG TERM...LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP HIGH OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. MOISTURE SHOULD RETURN TO
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY...AND WITH LIGHT FLOW
ALOFT UNDER RIDGE TO KEEP MOISTURE WILL THEN REMAINING OVER THE CWA
THROUGH THE LONG TERM. THUS MOISTURE/UNSTABLE AMS TO KEEP MAINLY
DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM CYCLE GOING THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPS TO REMAIN
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
&&

.AVIATION...TAF ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL EXPECTED WEATHER AT KLAS.
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TO BE MAINLY OVER THE PEACH
SPRING/MORMON MESA CORRIDORS WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY ON THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE DAGGETT APPROACH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED OVERNIGHT FOR
ERRATIC WIND SHIFTS IN THE KLAS VALLEY.

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...NONE.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...NONE.
&&

JENSEN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1100 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ026>029-NVZ014>022-031800-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK CA-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY NV-
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AZ-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AZ-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA NV-LAS VEGAS VALLEY NV-
LINCOLN COUNTY NV-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY NV-NORTHWEST DESERTS AZ-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU AZ-
OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES CA-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS CA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-SHEEP RANGE NV-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY NV-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON NV-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY NV-
1100 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TUESDAY.

THE MONSOON PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...TO INDIAN
SPRINGS NEVADA...TO CALIENTE NEVADA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE MONSOON PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

MORGAN