Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2012, 12:28 AM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 12, 2012, 12:28 AM PDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WUUS55 KVEF 120728 SVRVEF NVC017-120800- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0072.121012T0728Z-121012T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1228 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 100 AM PDT. * AT 1225 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF COYOTE SPRINGS...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOAPA...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 95 IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3728 11476 3685 11491 3686 11507 3728 11507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 189DEG 32KT 3696 11499 $$ WOLCOTT
3 follow-up statements
910 WUUS55 KVEF 120731 CCA SVRVEF NVC017-120800- /O.COR.KVEF.SV.W.0072.121012T0728Z-121012T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1228 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 100 AM PDT. * AT 1225 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF COYOTE SPRINGS...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOAPA...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 93 IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3728 11476 3685 11491 3686 11507 3728 11507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 189DEG 32KT 3696 11499 $$ WOLCOTT
593 WWUS55 KVEF 120750 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1250 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 NVC017-120800- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-121012T0800Z/ LINCOLN NV- 1250 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 1244 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMO...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 27 IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && LAT...LON 3700 11486 3698 11507 3728 11507 3728 11476 TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 189DEG 32KT 3716 11495 $$ WOLCOTT
817 WWUS55 KVEF 120759 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1259 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 NVC017-120806- /O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-121012T0800Z/ LINCOLN NV- 1259 AM PDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM PDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...BREEZY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS AT 1-800-240-4932. LAT...LON 3700 11486 3698 11507 3728 11507 3728 11476 TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 189DEG 32KT 3722 11494 $$ WOLCOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 5:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 35 min |
| Oct 11, 5:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Nye | 53 min |
| Oct 11, 6:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 7:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 80 min |
| Oct 11, 8:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 8:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 114 min |
| Oct 11, 8:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 9:07 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 113 min |
| Oct 11, 9:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 27 min |
| Oct 11, 10:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:42 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 94 min |
| Oct 12, 12:03 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 87 min |
| Oct 12, 1:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
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.