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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 4:13 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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 15, 2012, 4:13 PM MST (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 4:49 PM MST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mohave County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812 WUUS55 KVEF 152313 SVRVEF AZC015-160000- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0035.120815T2313Z-120816T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 413 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 500 PM MST. * AT 406 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIKIEUP...NEAR LUCHIAS RESTAURANT AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. 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 3473 11356 3470 11375 3488 11378 3492 11364 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 358DEG 4KT 3480 11368 $$ KENNEDY
2 follow-up statements
962 WWUS55 KVEF 152330 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 430 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 AZC015-160000- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120816T0000Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 430 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 424 PM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS COLLAPSING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY JUST WEST OF ROUTE 93...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIKIEUP. DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ROUTE 93 NORTH OF WIKIEUP TO MILE MARKER 109...INCLUDING LUCHIAS RESTAURANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. IN ADDITION...HAIL AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSVEGAS. && LAT...LON 3473 11356 3470 11375 3488 11378 3492 11364 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 358DEG 4KT 3479 11368 $$ KENNEDY
897 WWUS55 KVEF 152349 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 449 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 AZC015-152356- /O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120816T0000Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 449 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY ALONG ROUTE 93 NORTH OF WIKIEUP IS CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3473 11356 3470 11375 3488 11378 3492 11364 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 358DEG 4KT 3477 11368 $$ KENNEDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 114 min |
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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.