Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Las Vegas, NV

000 
WWUS55 KVEF 170025
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
525 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

AZC015-NVC017-170045-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080817T0045Z/
MOHAVE AZ-LINCOLN NV-
523 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM
PDT/545 PM MST/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
MOHAVE COUNTIES...

AT 515 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH 
OF MESQUITE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.

AT 515 PM PDT A STORM SPOTTER IN MESQUITE NEVADA ALONG INTERSTATE 15 
JUST SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA REPORTED A WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MPH. 
PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MESQUITE AND 
LITTLEFIELD ARIZONA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY 
WINDS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3699 11395 3684 11397 3685 11418 3702 11416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 267DEG 1KT 3694 11407

$$
JENSEN

000 
WWUS55 KVEF 170044
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
544 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

AZC015-NVC017-170053-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080817T0045Z/
MOHAVE AZ-LINCOLN NV-
543 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM PDT/545
PM MST/...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS 
DISSIPATED AND MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST. THUS THE WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 545 PM PDT/MDT.

LAT...LON 3699 11395 3684 11397 3685 11418 3702 11416 
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 267DEG 1KT 3694 11406

$$

JENSEN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
316 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

.SYNOPSIS...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN
COVERAGE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE
WEST...WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED BEGINNING TUESDAY. AN UNSEASONABLY
STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST COAST IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...BRINGING A RISK OF INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS
WHICH WOULD RAISE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
&&

.SHORT TERM...BUSY WITH THUNDERSTORM CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL
BE BRIEF. GRADUAL DRYING TREND THROUGH MONDAY STILL LOOKS GOOD AS
WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BEGINS TO INVADE THE AREA. NOT TOO MUCH
CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST...WHICH DEPICTED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SLOWLY DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.

.LONG TERM...FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING...HIGH
PRESSURE PREVIOUSLY CENTERED OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE
SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH BY TUESDAY AS AN UNUSUALLY POTENT LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTS THE PAC NW. WITH THE LOW TO OUR NORTH AND
RIDGE AXIS TO OUR SOUTH...HEIGHTS WILL DECREASE AND DRY SOUTHWEST
FLOW WILL PERSIST...BRINING LITTLE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND TEMPS
BACK TO OR LOWER THAN CLIMO NORMS. BREEZY CONDITIONS REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY AT SOME POINT DURING THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK...BUT
RIGHT NOW...WIND SPEEDS ALOFT DEPICTED BY MODELS DO NOT LOOK VERY
IMPRESSIVE. OVERALL..LITTLE CHANGE WAS NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON TO THE
EXISTING FORECAST.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED COVERAGE WEST OF KLAS
AND SCATTERED TO THE EAST...SO EXPECT BIGGEST IMPACTS TO BE ALONG
THE MORMON MESA AND PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS. BY 06Z THIS
EVENING...TSTMS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. TOMORROW...AGAIN...THE
MAIN CONCERN WILL EAST OF MCCARRAN...WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED COVERAGE
EXPECTED ALONG THE MORMON MESA AND PEACH SPRING CORRIDORS.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA AND NW ARIZONA...WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM SURROUNDING
THUNDERSTORMS BRINING GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
DIMINISHED BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW IS FOR A
CONTINUED TSTM THREAT ACROSS NW ARIZONA...WITH ISOLATED CHANCES
ELSEWHERE.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE
PACIFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK COULD BRING INCREASING SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND HIGHER FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
&&

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

MORGAN/KENNEDY

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
441 AM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ016>022-170700-
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-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
441 AM PDT SAT AUG 16 2008 /441 AM MST SAT AUG 16 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING OVER MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF CLARK...MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. A FEW STORMS COULD
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY OVER MAINLY THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN CLARK...MOHAVE AND EASTER SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL USHER IN DRIER
AIR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.