Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 6:40 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2021, 6:40 PM PDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2021, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
414
WUUS55 KVEF 150140
SVRVEF
NVC017-150230-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0021.210715T0140Z-210715T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
640 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lincoln County in south central Nevada...
* Until 730 PM PDT.
* At 639 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 19 miles southeast
of Alamo, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Carp and HWY 93 south of Alamo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 11519 3721 11475 3725 11409 3700 11416
3689 11455 3691 11513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 319DEG 13KT 3713 11495
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
VARIAN1 follow-up statement
478
WWUS55 KVEF 150203
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
703 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021
NVC017-150230-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210715T0230Z/
Lincoln NV-
703 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 702 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles north of
Coyote Springs, or 24 miles southeast of Alamo, moving southeast at
15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Carp and Highway 93 south of Alamo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 11519 3721 11475 3725 11409 3700 11416
3689 11455 3691 11513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 319DEG 13KT 3706 11488
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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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.