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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 5:06 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2012, 5:06 PM PDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
826 WUUS55 KVEF 040006 SVRVEF NVC023-040030- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0027.120804T0006Z-120804T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 506 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 530 PM PDT. * AT 505 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL OF AT LEAST ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KOA PAHRUMP...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF PAHRUMP...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHADOW MOUNTAIN RV PARK. 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 3622 11600 3633 11616 3641 11602 3631 11592 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 026DEG 4KT 3633 11603 $$ STACHELSKI
2 follow-up statements
510 WWUS55 KVEF 040022 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 522 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NVC023-040030- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120804T0030Z/ NYE NV- 522 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY... AT 515 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHADOW MOUNTAIN RV PARK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PAHRUMP...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. A SPOTTER IN PAHRUMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THE NORTH SIDE OF PAHRUMP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. IN ADDITION...HAIL AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3622 11600 3633 11616 3641 11602 3631 11592 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 026DEG 4KT 3631 11604 $$ STACHELSKI
843 WWUS55 KVEF 040031 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 531 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NVC023-040040- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120804T0030Z/ NYE NV- 531 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE NORTH SIDE OF PAHRUMP IN SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF PAHRUMP HAS DROPPED JUST BELOW SEVERE LEVELS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RADAR IMAGES...HOWEVER IT STILL REMAINS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF NEARLY 50 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. LAT...LON 3622 11600 3633 11616 3641 11602 3631 11592 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 026DEG 4KT 3631 11604 $$ STACHELSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 72 min |
| Aug 3, 5:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 5:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 5:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 7:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.