Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Las Vegas, NV

000
WWUS55 KVEF 140031
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
529 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2006

AZC015-CAC071-NVC003-140045-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-061014T0045Z/
MOHAVE AZ-SAN BERNARDINO CA-CLARK NV-
529 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM
PDT(545 PM MST) FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK...EAST CENTRAL SAN
BERNARDINO AND SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTIES...

AT 526 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
UP TO 70 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS IN NEEDLES ALSO REPORTED STRONG WIND 
GUSTS WITH POWER LINES DOWN AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF 
A MILE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOHAVE VALLEY...AND WAS MOVING 
NORTH AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAUGHLIN...BIG BEND RAWS AND BULLHEAD CITY AROUND 545 PM MST.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF ON OR NEAR THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR LAUGHLIN AND BULLHEAD CITY
GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. MOVE TO 
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3457 11457 3463 11436 3519 11448 3520 11488

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 PM PDT FRI OCT 13 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOHAVE DESERT TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO COOL BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DEGREES SATURDAY BEFORE WARMING TO
NEAR NORMAL BY MONDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW SPINNING OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE
DESERTS OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION ALREADY SPREADING THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN CWA WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTING BETWEEN A HUNDREDTH
AND FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO
BEEN OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA. AS THE LOW
MOVES INLAND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND MOST AREAS ESPECIALLY THE
SOUTHERN CWA WILL SEE WIDESPREAD RAIN. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM REMAIN
IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO
DIVERGE AND BOTH MODELS GENERATE THE BEST QPF OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA.
WITH GOOD EASTERLY FLOW AT 700 MB WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS WITH THE
ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL
SEE BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH HIGHER
TOTALS IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH WITH
THIS SYSTEM AND WILL STAY ABOVE 9000 FEET FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
EVENT. ITS POSSIBLE THAT WITH ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY NEAR THE LOW
CENTER SATURDAY AFTERNOON THAT SNOW LEVELS COULD DROP TO NEAR 8000
FEET BUT ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN AT THE
HIGHEST PEAKS. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE IN SOLUTIONS OVERNIGHT
SATURDAY WITH THE GFS MOVING THE LOW INTO EASTERN ARIZONA WHILE THE
NAM KEEPS THE LOW OVER SOUTHERN CA. THE GFS SOLUTION WOULD LIKELY
END PRECIPITATION CHANCES SUNDAY WHILE THE NAM SOLUTION WOULD KEEP
SOME MOISTURE IN THE AREA. WOULD TEND TO LEAN WITH THE GFS AND HAVE
REMOVED POPS EXPECT FOR THE FAR EASTERN ZONES. HIGH PRESSURE
FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH CLEARING SKIES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEARLY 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SATURDAY AND SLOWLY WARM ON SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...THERE IS STILL MODEL AGREEMENT EARLY IN THE WEEK BUT
THEN VERY DIVERGENT SOLUTIONS AS WEEK PROGRESSES. GFS KEEPS AREA
UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW AFTER WEEKEND SYSTEM WITH A BROAD TROUGH
EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN PLAINS. ANOTHER TROUGH PASSES THROUGH
TUESDAY WHICH COULD BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE NORTH
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA FOLLOWED BY NORTH FLOW SANDWICHED BETWEEN
HIGH OFF SHORE AND TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE PLAINS. DGEX SEMI
POINTS THIS WAY BY DEVELOPS TROUGH INTO A LOW AND IS SLOW TO MOVE IT
OUT TUESDAY. ECMWF GOES THE GFS WAY BUT WITH A MORE SHALLOW TROUGH.
GEM OUT THROUGH 144 HOURS HAS A CLOSED LOW OVER AREA WEDNESDAY.  SO
WITH A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS I PICKED GFS AS A COMPROMISE. MAIN
CONCERN OF THIS PLAYS OUT IS FOR TUESDAY TO POSSIBLY BE BE A WIND
DAY AND FOR SOME POPS UP NORTH THERE AS WELL.
&&

.AVIATION...CLEAR SKIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT BUT CLOUDS
WILL PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE...BEGINNING LATE IN THE MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL FOLLOW...BEGINNING IN THE EVENING HOURS AND
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  CIGS WILL FALL TO BELOW 10K FT BY
EVENING WITH HIGHEST PEAKS OBSCURED.  TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY
DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS
FOR KLAS...KVGT...KDRA... KBIH...KDAG...KEED FOR DETAILS.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.

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

GORELOW/JACQUES

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1136 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2006

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-140600-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
1136 AM PDT FRI OCT 13 2006 /1136 AM MST FRI OCT 13 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THIS EVENING WHICH WILL HELP SPREAD MOISTURE OVER THE REGION. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK
AND MOHAVE COUNTIES WHERE A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD
FALL. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME UNSTABLE ALLOWING FOR A FEW
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST SATURDAY WITH RAIN
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM HALF AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS TO NEAR ONE INCH AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS RELATIVELY WARM AND SNOW
LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 9000 FEET. THIS SYSTEM WILL
EXIT THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.