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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 2:58 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. 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
- Jun 30, 2016, 2:58 PM MST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 3:30 PM MST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
681 WUUS55 KVEF 302158 SVRVEF AZC015-302230- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0021.160630T2158Z-160630T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 258 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 330 PM MST * AT 257 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKE RANCH ROAD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLAKE RANCH ROAD...DW RANCH ROAD AND VALENTINE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARIZONA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 68. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3514 11378 3518 11396 3550 11393 3545 11356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 200DEG 15KT 3528 11384 $$ CMS
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS55 KVEF 302213 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 313 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016 AZC015-302230- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160630T2230Z/ MOHAVE AZ- 313 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MST FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 312 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLAKE RANCH ROAD...DW RANCH ROAD AND VALENTINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3514 11378 3518 11396 3550 11393 3545 11356 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 200DEG 15KT 3534 11381 $$ CMS
388
WWUS55 KVEF 302225
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
325 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
AZC015-302235-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160630T2230Z/
MOHAVE AZ-
325 PM MST THU JUN 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM MST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY TO JUST
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3514 11378 3518 11396 3550 11393 3545 11356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 200DEG 15KT 3534 11381
$$
CMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 88 min |
| Jun 30, 3:02 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 3:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 4:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 4:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Mohave | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Mohave | 68 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.