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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
BPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 3:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Nye | 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.