Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2012, 5:59 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2012, 5:59 PM PDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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.
411 WUUS55 KVEF 170059 SVRVEF NVC017-170145- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0019.120717T0059Z-120717T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 559 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 645 PM PDT. * AT 555 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 1 INCH DIAMET HAIL AND HEAVY RANI. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIOCHE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIOCHE...OTHERWISE MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THAT CAN CAUSE INJURY AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT VEHICLES AND PROPERTY. 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 3814 11445 3803 11421 3787 11438 3795 11461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 221DEG 16KT 3795 11444 $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
447 WWUS55 KVEF 170122 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 622 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVC017-170145- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120717T0145Z/ LINCOLN NV- 622 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 621 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS EARLIER REPORTED ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PIOCHE. AT 622 PM THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIOCHE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THAT CAN CAUSE INJURY AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT VEHICLES AND PROPERTY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3814 11445 3803 11421 3787 11438 3795 11461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 221DEG 16KT 3800 11437 $$ JH
210 WWUS55 KVEF 170142 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 642 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVC017-170149- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120717T0145Z/ LINCOLN NV- 642 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM PDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE HAIL HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE BUT CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. THIS WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. LAT...LON 3814 11445 3803 11421 3787 11438 3795 11461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 221DEG 16KT 3806 11431 $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:11 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 6:36 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 114 min |
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.