Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

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WWUS55 KVEF 082240
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
337 PM PDT THU JUN 8 2006

AZC015-NVC003-082247-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060608T2300Z/
MOHAVE AZ-CLARK NV-
337 PM MST THU JUN 8 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARK AND CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AT 330 PM THE STORM WHICH WAS TRACKING NORTH 
OVER LAKE MEAD BETWEEN MEADVIEW AND TEMPLE BAR HAD WEAKENED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE IN THE LAKE MEAD AREA BETWEEN TEMPLE BAR AND SOUTH COVE. 

LAT...LON 3590 11434 3585 11409 3624 11389 3628 11432

$$

HARRISON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
955 AM PDT THU JUN 8 2006

.SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST INTO UTAH. AS
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FRIDAY A
WESTERLY FLOW WILL USHER IN DRIER AIR. IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
&&

.UPDATE...DYNAMICS GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST OF THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING BUT AIR MASS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE OVER
SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND TO A LESSER EXTENT EASTERN
PORTIONS OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. SHOULD SEE ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WITH SURFACE HEATING IN THESE AREAS.
INHERITED FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD BUT WILL UPDATE SOME ZONES TO
TWEAK THE WORDING FOR TODAY.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...349 AM PDT THU JUN 8 2006
.SHORT TERM...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SMALL CIRCULATION NEAR PRIMM
AT 10Z. THIS APPEARS TO BE FINAL PIECE OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH
UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER BAJA EARLIER IN THE WEEK. TIMING THIS
FEATURE FROM SATELLITE SUGGESTS THE SHORTWAVE WILL BE OVER THE LAKE
MEAD NRA AT DAYBREAK AND ALONG THE NEVADA/UTAH STATE LINE THIS
AFTERNOON. LATEST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RIGHT AHEAD OF
SHORTWAVE AND UNDER ENTRANCE REGION OF 250 MB 60 KT JET OVER
NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM PRIMM EAST INTO
CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY. WITH THE DYNAMICS SHIFTING OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST TODAY DID BUMP UP POPS ACROSS NORTHEAST ZONES AND DID
DECREASE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CLARK AND
SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY ZONES DUE TO THE LOSS OF DYNAMICS.
HOWEVER...SURFACE HEATING MAY BE ABLE TO REDEVELOP A FEW STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE 06Z NAM/GFS IN AGREEMENT DRYING AND STABILIZING THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT AND MOJAVE DESERT SOONER ON THEN
A FEW RUNS AGO AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
TOMORROW SPREADING USHERING IN A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW. DID LEAVE IN A
20 POPS NEAR THE UTAH BORDER WITH BOTH NEVADA AND ARIZONA BUT EVEN
THAT MAY BE TOO OPTIMISTIC. WILL HAVE SOME SPOTS BECOME BREEZY
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY AS WELL.

.LONG TERM...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER FOR THE
START OF THE LONG TERM. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT INTO THE FIRST
OF THE WEEK WHICH WILL BRING DRY AND SEASONABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE
CWA. AFTER THAT THEY START TO DIVERGE AS A TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST
MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. TIMING OF THE TROUGH IS STILL A
BIT UNCERTAIN ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL AMPLITUDE OF IT HAS ONLY A
LIMITED SPREAD. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE TROUGH WILL DIVE AS FAR
SOUTH AS SOUTHERN NEVADA. THIS MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL DROP A DEGREE
OR TWO EACH DAY TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL VALUES. VERY SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SOME PRECIPITATION BY TUESDAY AS MORE FAVORABLE DYNAMICS COME
ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE APPROACHING TROUGH.

.AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE PEACH SPRINGS AND MORMON MESA CORRIDORS THROUGH 02Z. GENERAL
MOVEMENT OF THE CELLS WILL BE TO THE NORTH AT 30 KTS. TAFS AND TWEBS
ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS.
SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT...KDRA...KBIH...KDAG...KEED.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&

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

HARRISON/PIERCE/BELL

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