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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 18, 2010Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2010, 5:31 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2010, 5:31 PM PDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2010, 5:58 PM PDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18, 2:45 PM PDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:45 PM PDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 10:30 AM PDT, 7 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1030 AM PDT WED AUG 18 2010

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ015-016-018>022-190300-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
1030 AM PDT WED AUG 18 2010 /1030 AM MST WED AUG 18 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 AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO OVER 50 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...THE MAIN
CONCERN WILL BE OVER MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AND THE EASTERN PORTION
OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL RETURN TO MOHAVE COUNTY SATURDAY...AND COULD SPREAD
FARTHER NORTHWEST SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAZ519>523-NVZ014-017-190300-
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
1030 AM PDT WED AUG 18 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 11:48 AM PDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1148 AM PDT WED AUG 18 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1146 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 S BOULDER CITY       35.84N 114.83W
08/18/2010                   CLARK              NV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AROUND 1700 PDT BY HIGH WINDS
            AT MM 40 NEAR THE ELDORADO DRY LAKE BED ON US HIGHWAY 95.

&&

JGG

Local storm report, Aug 18, 11:49 AM PDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1149 AM PDT WED AUG 18 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 S BOULDER CITY       35.84N 114.83W
08/17/2010                   CLARK              NV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AROUND 1700 PDT BY HIGH WINDS
            AT MM 40 NEAR THE ELDORADO DRY LAKE BED ON US HIGHWAY 95.

&&

JGG

Local storm report, Aug 18, 2:57 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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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, 5:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark, Lincoln	37 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

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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.