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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 5:21 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2016, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 5:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 233 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 601 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
967 WUUS55 KVEF 300021 SVRVEF NVC023-300045- /O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0049.160730T0021Z-160730T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 521 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... * UNTIL 545 PM PDT * AT 519 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTYS JUNCTION...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF BEATTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT MILE MARKERS 70 THOUGH 85 ON HIGHWAY 95. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTTYS JUNCTION. HIGHWAY 95. 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. && LAT...LON 3697 11694 3726 11715 3749 11655 3709 11627 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 248DEG 13KT 3715 11683 $$ ASG
1 follow-up statement
268
WWUS55 KVEF 300045
SVSVEF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
545 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2016
NVC023-300054-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160730T0045Z/
NYE NV-
545 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NYE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM PDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS ALONG
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BLOWING DUST WILL STILL EXIST THROUGH 630
PM.
LAT...LON 3697 11694 3726 11715 3749 11655 3709 11627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 248DEG 13KT 3715 11683
$$
ASGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 12:50 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 85 min |
| Jul 30, 2:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 12 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.