Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2016, 10:45 PM PDT for Inyo County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 1, 2016, 10:45 PM PDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 11:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918
WUUS55 KVEF 020545
SVRVEF
CAC027-NVC003-023-020615-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0039.160702T0545Z-160702T0615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1045 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...
SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM PDT
* AT 1043 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAHRUMP...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAHRUMP...SHOSHONE...TECOPA...SANDY VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES AND CAUSE 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 11565 3581 11573 3579 11574 3580 11606
3579 11608 3580 11635 3618 11638 3637 11590
3604 11548 3577 11560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 312DEG 33KT 3616 11595
$$
CMS2 follow-up statements
191
WWUS55 KVEF 020557
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1057 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016
CAC027-NVC003-023-020615-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160702T0615Z/
INYO CA-CLARK NV-NYE NV-
1057 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO...WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN NYE
COUNTIES...
AT 1057 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAHRUMP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAHRUMP...SHOSHONE...TECOPA...SANDY VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS WHICH CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES AND CAUSE BLOWING DUST. ALSO...LIGHTNING CAN KILL! TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3581 11565 3581 11573 3579 11574 3580 11606
3579 11608 3580 11635 3618 11638 3637 11590
3604 11548 3577 11560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 312DEG 33KT 3607 11583
$$
CMS347
WWUS55 KVEF 020611
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1111 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016
CAC027-NVC003-023-020619-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160702T0615Z/
INYO CA-CLARK NV-NYE NV-
1111 PM PDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO...WEST
CENTRAL CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 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. GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE HOWEVER.
LAT...LON 3581 11565 3581 11573 3579 11574 3580 11606
3579 11608 3580 11635 3618 11638 3637 11590
3604 11548 3577 11560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 312DEG 33KT 3607 11583
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:41 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Inyo | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 1:26 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 3:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 3:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:52 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 8:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 9:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 9:22 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 10:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 10:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 11:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 11:28 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:13 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:57 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 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.