Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Las Vegas, NV

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WWUS55 KVEF 132303
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
403 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

NVC003-132315-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150813T2315Z/
CLARK NV-
403 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT
FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

AT 403 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER HENDERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...NORTH LAS VEGAS...BOULDER CITY...LAS VEGAS
BAY...THE STRIP...SAM BOYD STADIUM...PARADISE...LAKE LAS VEGAS...EAST
LAS VEGAS...GREEN VALLEY...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS...ENTERPRISE...SEVEN
HILLS...LAS VEGAS BAY CAMPGROUND...RAILROAD PASS...SILVERADO RANCH...
MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND
STRATOSPHERE TOWER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3593 11491 3599 11515 3622 11519 3615 11474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 194DEG 18KT 3606 11501 

$$

STACHELSKI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
145 PM PDT THU AUG 13 2015

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING WITH A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
EXPAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CONDITIONS GRADUALLY DRYING OUT AND
TEMPERATURES WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. VERY HOT CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE A PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM BRINGS RELIEF FROM THE HEAT AND TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO
TYPICAL SEASONAL LEVELS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH
OF MOHAVE AND CLARK COUNTIES.  THE STOUT CAPPING INVERSION WHICH
SUPPRESSED MUCH SUBSTANCIAL ACTIVITY ON WEDNESDAY HAS ERODED AND
STORMS ARE FIRING AND DUMPING SUBSTANCIAL RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS
TODAY. A RAIN GAUGE SOUTH OF KINGMAN PICKED UP OVER AN INCH OF RAIN
IN A HALF HOUR PERIOD...AND SOME STORMS HAVE BEEN NOTED TO DROP MORE
THAN A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN A TEN MINUTE PERIOD.  THESE STORMS
APPEAR FUELED PRIMARILY BY DAYTIME HEATING AND A WEAK WAVE LEFT
BEHIND FROM CONVECTION IN ARIZONA. SUSPECT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY
WILL CONTINUE TO PERCOLATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH STORMS IN THE AREA ALONG
WITH DOWNBURST WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY BUT SOME ACTIVITY IS
STILL EXPECTED PRIMARILY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CLARK...MOHAVE...AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES. PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINS RATHER HIGH AND SOME
MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL STILL EXIST SO I RAISED POPS FOR THE ABOVE
MENTIONED AREAS FRIDAY TO AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE EVEN FOR THE
VALLEYS.

BY SATURDAY...DRIER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER IN TO A LARGER DEGREE
BUT THE MOISTURE NEVER GETS COMPLETELY SCOURED OUT SO SOME BUILD UPS
AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE HIGHEST
TERRAIN OF CLARK...MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.
OTHERWISE...EXPANDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO WARMING
TEMPERATURES...RISING ABOVE NORMAL BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN SOME
MOISTURE WILL STILL BE LINGERING IN THE AREA AND THERE WILL LIKELY
BE SOME CLOUD COVER AROUND...TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT BELOW THE
NEED FOR ANY HEAT PRODUCTS THEREFORE I DID NOT CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE
TIME FOR THE CURRENT EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR
SUNDAY. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY IN THE 105-108
RANGE IN LAS VEGAS...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 110S ALONG THE
COLORADO RIVER AND NEAR 120 IN DEATH VALLEY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO EXPAND ON SUNDAY WHILE BEING CENTERED
OVER ARIZONA. EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FOR THIS TIME PERIOD REMAINS IN
EFFECT AND LOOKS ON TRACK WITH FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 110
ACCORDING TO MODEL GUIDANCE. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED GUIDANCE HAS
BEEN RUNNING WARM IN THE EXTENDED RANGE AND SEEMS TO MODERATE A BIT
AS THE TIME PERIOD IN QUESTION APPROACHES. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE NEVER GETS COMPLETELY SCOURED OUT SO TEMPERATURES MAY
STRUGGLE A BIT TO HIT THAT MAGIC 110 MARK. WITH THESE CONCERNS IN
MIND...FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO HOLD OFF ON ANY CHANGES TO THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH. REGARDLESS...TEMPERATURES BOTH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY LOOK VERY HOT AND CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN PLANNING
ANY OUTDOOR WORK OR ACTIVITIES.

BY TUESDAY...YET ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC CLOSED LOW IS PROMISED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WHICH WILL RESULT IN STRONGER
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FINALLY SCOURING OUT ANY REMAINING MOISTURE IN
THE AREA...AND COOLING TEMPERATURES BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS...OR
POSSIBLY A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...LIGHT WINDS WILL FAVOR A SOUTHEAST
DIRECTION UP TO 8KTS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS
THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN TODAY. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OUTFLOW AND/OR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT MAY WORK INTO THE VALLEY THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
ERRATIC...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LOWERED CIGS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY CONCERNS IF STORMS DEVELOP. ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE
WITH SUNSET. STORM CHANCES REMAIN FOR FRIDAY, WITH INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT ON THE TERRAIN. BELIEVE OVERALL STORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE
LESS THAN TODAY.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWEST, INCLUDING KBIH. STORM
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN LINCOLN, CLARK, MOHAVE
AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NYE, SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHEASTERN
INYO COUNTIES. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. CIGS IN GENERALLY SHOULD BE AROUND 10K FEET
BUT LOWER IN ANY SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY. STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, YET OVERALL COVERAGE IS EXPECTED
TO BE LESS THAN TODAY.

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES. &&

SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...OUTLER
AVIATION...PADDOCK

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