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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 2, 2018San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2018, 3:07 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 2, 2018, 3:07 PM PDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2018, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 2018-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 12:00Z on 2018-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

486 
WUUS55 KVEF 022207
SVRVEF
CAC071-022245-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0039.180802T2207Z-180802T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
307 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central San Bernardino County in southern California...

* Until 345 PM PDT.

* At 304 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Essex, or 30 miles southeast of Mitchell Caverns, moving north 
  at 30 mph. This includes Interstate 40 between milemarker 99 and 
  123. 

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Strong, southerly cross winds. Expect damage to roofs and 
           trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Essex.

This includes Interstate 40 in California between mile markers 99 and
123.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3447 11506 3451 11530 3484 11536 3490 11491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 191DEG 53KT 3462 11516 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JS
1 follow-up statement
507 
WWUS55 KVEF 022247
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
347 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2018

CAC071-022256-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180802T2245Z/
San Bernardino CA-
347 PM PDT THU AUG 2 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3447 11506 3451 11530 3484 11536 3490 11491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 191DEG 53KT 3521 11502 

$$

JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino47 min
Aug 2, 3:29 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino26 min
Aug 2, 3:42 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEFInyo3 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.