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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 17, 2010Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2010, 1:58 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 min. 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 17, 2010, 1:58 PM MST (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2010, 2:45 PM MST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 9:10 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:10 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 2:34 AM MST, 11 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
234 AM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ015>022-180700-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
234 AM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010 /234 AM MST TUE AUG 17 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 15.
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE
IN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON
THOSE DAYS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MAY RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ519>522-NVZ014-180700-
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
234 AM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 4:56 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFClark109 min
Aug 16, 5:29 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave2 hr
Aug 17, 11:38 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave112 min
Aug 17, 2:21 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 17, 3:15 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave2 hr
Aug 17, 4:39 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave111 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.