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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 13, 2021Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 7:36 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2021, 7:36 PM PDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 8:45 PM PDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 8:09 PM PDTTSTM WND GST 704 E Moapa, NV
Jul 13, 8:41 PM PDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Bunkerville, NVTREE BLOWN OVER INTO ROADWAY BY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM. GENERAL LOCATION ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 829 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WUUS55 KVEF 140236
SVRVEF
NVC003-140345-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0018.210714T0236Z-210714T0345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Clark County in southern Nevada...

* Until 845 PM PDT.

* At 736 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sr 168 Mile
  Marker 21, or 16 miles northwest of Moapa Town, moving southeast at
  20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mesquite, Moapa Town, Moapa Valley, Sr 168 Mile Marker 21, Coyote
  Springs, Logandale and Bunkerville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 in Arizona near mile marker 3.
 Interstate 15 in Nevada between mile markers 64 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3650 11460 3637 11486 3642 11511 3661 11522
      3683 11504 3685 11498 3685 11476 3683 11472
      3680 11408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 332DEG 16KT 3679 11490 

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

CP
2 follow-up statements
002 
WWUS55 KVEF 140319
SVSVEF

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

NVC003-140345-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210714T0345Z/
Clark NV-
819 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY...

At 817 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of 
Moapa Town, moving southeast at 20 mph. At 8:09pm there was an 
observed wind gust of 70 mph in Moapa, NV.  

HAZARD...60 to 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mesquite, Moapa Town, Moapa Valley, Sr 168 Mile Marker 21, Coyote
Springs, Logandale and Bunkerville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 in Arizona near mile marker 3.
 Interstate 15 in Nevada between mile markers 64 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3650 11460 3637 11486 3642 11511 3661 11522
      3683 11504 3685 11498 3685 11476 3683 11472
      3680 11408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 332DEG 16KT 3663 11479 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
CP
298 
WWUS55 KVEF 140336
SVSVEF

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

NVC003-140345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210714T0345Z/
Clark NV-
836 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM PDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will 
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds up to 55 mph are still 
possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3650 11460 3637 11486 3642 11511 3661 11522
      3683 11504 3685 11498 3685 11476 3683 11472
      3680 11408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 332DEG 16KT 3657 11475 

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln49 min
Jul 13, 7:24 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark96 min
Jul 13, 8:52 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.