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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 29, 2010Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this red flag warning at Aug 29, 2010, 3:29 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 29, 2010, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2010, 3:29 AM MST (10:29 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2010, 1:00 PM MST
Expired
Aug 29, 2010, 8:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 28, 3:40 PM MST, 11 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:40 PM MST, 11 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:30 AM MST, 22 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
430 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-290600-
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-
430 AM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010 /430 AM MST SAT AUG 28 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA TODAY GENERATING GUSTY WINDS OVER THE REGION.
WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE
AREA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
ALL OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...MOST OF MOHAVE COUNTY AND FOR DEATH
VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AND NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA AND ALSO THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MAINLY EASTERN PORTIONS OF MOHAVE COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER THAN THOSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER,
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Nearby

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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.