Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 31, 2016, 3:42 PM PST for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 31, 2016, 3:42 PM PST (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 4:30 PM PST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
018 WUUS55 KVEF 312342 SVRVEF NVC003-010030- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0004.160131T2342Z-160201T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 342 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA... * UNTIL 430 PM PST * AT 341 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF CALLVILLE BAY CAMPGROUND...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAS VEGAS BAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON...MOAPA VALLEY...OVERTON BEACH...VALLEY OF FIRE... LOGANDALE...ECHO BAY AND ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND. 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 3621 11478 3640 11485 3669 11445 3634 11417 TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 239DEG 32KT 3628 11474 $$ SC
3 follow-up statements
987 WWUS55 KVEF 312358 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 358 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 NVC003-010030- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160201T0030Z/ CLARK NV- 358 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PST FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 357 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY OF FIRE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OVERTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON...MOAPA VALLEY...OVERTON BEACH...VALLEY OF FIRE... LOGANDALE...ECHO BAY AND ECHO BAY CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 3626 11466 3647 11475 3669 11445 3634 11417 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 228DEG 39KT 3645 11457 $$ SC
085 WWUS55 KVEF 010019 SVSVEF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 419 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 NVC003-010030- /O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160201T0030Z/ CLARK NV- 419 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PST FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 419 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OVERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON...MOAPA VALLEY...OVERTON BEACH...LOGANDALE AND VALLEY OF FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 3636 11440 3658 11458 3669 11445 3634 11417 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 239DEG 32KT 3655 11436 $$ SC
864
WWUS55 KVEF 010025
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
425 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
NVC003-010032-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160201T0030Z/
CLARK NV-
425 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM PST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IN NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY
HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3636 11440 3658 11458 3669 11445 3634 11417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 239DEG 32KT 3655 11436
$$
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2:56 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Esmeralda, Nye | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:56 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Clark, Esmeralda, Nye | 39 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:15 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | Esmeralda, Nye | 3 hr |
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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.