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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 2, 2006Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 6:24 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 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 2, 2006, 6:24 PM MST (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2006, 6:54 PM MST
In force
30 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2006-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 030126
SVRVEF
AZC015-030215-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0013.060703T0124Z-060703T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
624 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM MST.

* AT 623 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COTTONWOOD COVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IN 
ADDITION TO HAIL AND WINDS. MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 
THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD HEAD 
FOR SHORE IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3554 11465 3550 11468 3544 11464 3538 11461
      3536 11454 3552 11450

$$

MORGAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KVEF 030154
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
652 PM PDT SUN JUL 2 2006

AZC015-030202-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060703T0215Z/
MOHAVE AZ-
652 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 650 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM JUST EAST OF 
COTTONWOOD COVE HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING IS CANCELLED.

SEVERAL OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE PERSISTING BETWEEN STATE 
HIGHWAY 68...HIGHWAY 93...AND THE COLORADO RIVER.

LAT...LON 3554 11465 3550 11468 3544 11464 3538 11461
      3536 11454 3552 11450

$$

MORGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave30 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave60 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave37 min
Jul 2, 7:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave39 min
Jul 2, 7:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave46 min
Jul 2, 8:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.