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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2010, 5:23 PM PDT for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 18, 2010, 5:23 PM PDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2010, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 336 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WUUS55 KVEF 190023 SVRVEF NVC003-017-190100- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0021.100819T0023Z-100819T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 523 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 600 PM PDT. * AT 517 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOAPA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 83 IN CLARK COUNTY AND MILE MARKER 5 IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS IS ALSO VERY NEAR COYOTE SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3709 11487 3692 11466 3674 11492 3686 11507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 220DEG 11KT 3686 11495 $$ STACHELSKI
2 follow-up statements
377 WWUS55 KVEF 190044 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 544 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 NVC003-017-190100- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100819T0100Z/ CLARK NV-LINCOLN NV- 544 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES... AT 539 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOAPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. TRAVELERS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN THE CLARK-LINCOLN COUNTY LINE AND MILE MARKER 5 IN LINCOLN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS JUST NORTH OF COYOTE SPRINGS. LAT...LON 3680 11489 3687 11503 3709 11487 3692 11466 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 220DEG 11KT 3691 11490 $$ STACHELSKI
096 WWUS55 KVEF 190059 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 559 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 NVC003-017-190108- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100819T0100Z/ CLARK NV-LINCOLN NV- 559 PM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING... THIS NEW WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS SLOWED DOWN AND NOT WEAKENED AT ALL. THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES IN THE COYOTE SPRINGS AREA. LAT...LON 3680 11489 3687 11503 3709 11487 3692 11466 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 220DEG 11KT 3695 11486 $$ STACHELSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:02 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 5:22 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 5:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 8:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.