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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 2, 2016Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2016, 12:19 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2016, 12:19 AM MST (07:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2016, 12:46 AM MST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2016-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2016-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

873 
WUUS55 KVEF 020719
SVRVEF
AZC015-020815-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0041.160702T0719Z-160702T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1219 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 115 AM MST

* AT 1218 AM 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 OVER WIKIEUP...AND MOVING WEST AT
  10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WIKIEUP.

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 3478 11350 3460 11355 3461 11385 3488 11377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 104DEG 8KT 3471 11362 

$$

BP
1 follow-up statement
243 
WWUS55 KVEF 020746
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1246 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016

AZC015-020755-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160702T0815Z/
MOHAVE AZ-
1246 AM MST SAT JUL 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WIKIEUP UNTIL 330 AM MST.

LAT...LON 3478 11350 3460 11355 3461 11385 3488 11377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 104DEG 8KT 3472 11369 

$$

BP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave55 min
Jul 1, 9:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave37 min
Jul 1, 10:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave46 min
Jul 2, 12:33 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave5 hr
Jul 2, 12:57 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 hr
Jul 2, 1:26 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave49 min
Jul 2, 1:33 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningVEFMohave3 hr
Jul 2, 1:52 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave53 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.