Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2016, 6:48 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 27, 2016, 6:48 PM PDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
737
WUUS55 KVEF 280148
SVRVEF
NVC003-280230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0013.160628T0148Z-160628T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
648 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
* UNTIL 730 PM PDT
* AT 647 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
MILES NORTH OF SOUTH COVE...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OVERTON...AND
MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERTON BEACH...ECHO BAY AND ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES AND CASUE BLOWING DUST. ALSO...LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HIGH WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED! IF ON OR NEAR THE
OVERTON ARM OF LAKE MEAD...HEAD TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY OR STAY
CLOSE TO SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 11434 3613 11437 3614 11437 3614 11438
3615 11441 3614 11443 3614 11448 3652 11438
3651 11427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 096DEG 21KT 3633 11405
$$
STEELE2 follow-up statements
582
WWUS55 KVEF 280219
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
719 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016
NVC003-280230-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160628T0230Z/
CLARK NV-
719 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...
AT 717 PM PDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
DISSIPATED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF ECHO BAY...OR 16
MILES SOUTHEAST OF OVERTON... MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. HOWEVER,
OUTFLOW FROM THE STORM WILL STILL CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS NEAR LAKE
MEAD.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERTON BEACH...ECHO BAY AND ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES AND CASUE BLOWING DUST. ALSO...LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HIGH WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED! IF ON OR NEARTHE
OVERTON ARM OF LAKE MEAD...HEAD TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY OR STAY
CLOSE TO SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 11434 3613 11437 3614 11437 3614 11438
3615 11441 3614 11443 3614 11448 3652 11438
3651 11427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 096DEG 21KT 3635 11427
$$
STEELE049
WWUS55 KVEF 280226
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
726 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016
NVC003-280235-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160628T0230Z/
CLARK NV-
726 PM PDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM PDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3613 11434 3613 11437 3614 11437 3614 11438
3615 11441 3614 11443 3614 11448 3652 11438
3651 11427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 096DEG 21KT 3635 11427
$$
STEELEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.