Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2007, 5:38 PM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 21, 2007, 5:38 PM PDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 6:01 PM PDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KVEF 220040 TORVEF CAC027-071-NVC003-220115- /O.NEW.KVEF.TO.W.0001.070922T0038Z-070922T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 538 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA... WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 615 PM PDT. * AT 536 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SANDY VALLEY...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SANDY VALLEY 550 PM PDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3630 11583 3619 11558 3572 11547 3570 11569 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 171DEG 50KT 3580 11560 $$ JGA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KVEF 220101 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 556 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007 CAC027-071-NVC003-220106- /O.CAN.KVEF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070922T0115Z/ SAN BERNARDINO CA-INYO CA-CLARK NV- 556 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CLARK...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INYO AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 555 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANDY VALLEY HAD WEAKENED AND AND WAS QUICKLY MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 50 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS IN SANDY VALLEY DID NOT OBSERVE A TORNADO BUT DID OBSERVE BRIEF INTENSE RAINFALL AS THE THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVERHEAD. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE PAHRUMP VALLEY BY 630 PM BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3630 11583 3619 11558 3572 11547 3570 11569 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 171DEG 47KT 3599 11564 $$ JGA
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.