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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 11, 2016Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2016, 5:24 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 51 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 11, 2016, 5:24 PM PDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 6:15 PM PDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

815 
WUUS55 KVEF 120024
SVRVEF
NVC017-120115-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0008.160612T0024Z-160612T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
524 PM PDT SAT JUN 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...

* UNTIL 615 PM PDT

* AT 523 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF RACHEL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RACHEL.

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 3729 11559 3729 11587 3771 11588 3770 11550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 176DEG 25KT 3741 11578 

$$

BP
2 follow-up statements
666 
WWUS55 KVEF 120047
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
547 PM PDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NVC017-120115-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160612T0115Z/
LINCOLN NV-
547 PM PDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT
FOR WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 546 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RACHEL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RACHEL...HIGHWAY 375.

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 3736 11558 3740 11585 3771 11588 3770 11550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 205DEG 30KT 3752 11556 

$$

BP
082 
WWUS55 KVEF 120114
SVSVEF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
614 PM PDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NVC017-120122-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160612T0115Z/
LINCOLN NV-
614 PM PDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM PDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA AND A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR HIKO AND HIGHWAY 318.

LAT...LON 3736 11558 3740 11585 3771 11588 3770 11550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 176DEG 25KT 3752 11556 

$$

BP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln48 min
Jun 11, 8:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln48 min
Jun 12, 3:04 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFNye3 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.