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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 13, 2021Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 6:41 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 49 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 13, 2021, 6:41 PM PDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2021, 7:30 PM PDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

840 
WUUS55 KVEF 140141
SVRVEF
NVC017-140230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0016.210714T0141Z-210714T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
641 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lincoln County in south central Nevada...

* Until 730 PM PDT.

* At 641 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast
  of Alamo, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Lincoln County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3724 11506 3720 11484 3686 11471 3686 11525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 014DEG 7KT 3715 11497 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

353 
WWUS55 KVEF 140155
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
655 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NVC017-140230-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210714T0230Z/
Lincoln NV-
655 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 653 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles southeast 
of Alamo, moving southeast at 15 mph. This thunderstorm has produced 
wind gusts of 55 mph and may be producing up to 70 mph winds. 

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south
central Lincoln County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3724 11506 3720 11484 3686 11471 3686 11525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 331DEG 13KT 3712 11492 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CP

274 
WWUS55 KVEF 140225
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
725 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NVC017-140234-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210714T0230Z/
Lincoln NV-
725 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM PDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds up to 50 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3724 11506 3720 11484 3686 11471 3686 11525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 014DEG 7KT 3707 11494 

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	96 min
Jul 13, 7:36 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	69 min
Jul 13, 8:52 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	53 min

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.