Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2012, 1:51 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 11, 2012, 1:51 PM MST (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 2:30 PM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284 WUUS55 KVEF 112051 SVRVEF AZC015-112130- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0001.120711T2051Z-120711T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 151 PM MST WED JUL 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 230 PM MST. * AT 148 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF VALENTINE...OR 38 MILES EAST OF KINGMAN...AND WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VALENTINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. IN ADDITION...HAIL AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3533 11367 3556 11363 3550 11335 3532 11337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 099DEG 13KT 3542 11341 $$ MORGAN
2 follow-up statements
234 WWUS55 KVEF 112113 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 213 PM MST WED JUL 11 2012 AZC015-112130- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T2130Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 213 PM MST WED JUL 11 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 206 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...AND WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VALENTINE AND AREAS OF ROUTE 66 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 100. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. IN ADDITION...HAIL AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3533 11367 3556 11363 3550 11335 3532 11337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 095DEG 14KT 3543 11349 $$ ADAIR
063 WWUS55 KVEF 112128 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 228 PM MST WED JUL 11 2012 AZC015-112136- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T2130Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 228 PM MST WED JUL 11 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM MST... THE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF VALENTINE AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 66 HAS DISSIPATED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTH OF ROUTE 66 WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM. LAT...LON 3533 11367 3556 11363 3550 11335 3532 11337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 095DEG 14KT 3543 11356 $$ JA
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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.