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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 24, 2021Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 4:42 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 48 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 24, 2021, 4:42 PM PDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

464 
WUUS55 KVEF 242342
SVRVEF
NVC017-250030-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0037.210724T2342Z-210725T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
442 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM PDT.

* At 442 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 23 miles south of
  Cabin Pines Campground, or 30 miles south of Caliente, moving
  southwest at 30 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 11459 3724 11428 3692 11434 3690 11463
      3706 11482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 029DEG 24KT 3716 11450 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CO
2 follow-up statements
531 
WWUS55 KVEF 242358
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
458 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

NVC017-250030-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210725T0030Z/
Lincoln NV-
458 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 457 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carp, moving 
southwest at 30 mph.  Large hail and damaging winds remain possible. 

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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 11459 3724 11428 3692 11434 3690 11463
      3706 11482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 029DEG 24KT 3707 11456 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Outler
864 
WWUS55 KVEF 250021
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
521 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

NVC017-250030-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210725T0030Z/
Lincoln NV-
521 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3734 11459 3724 11428 3692 11434 3690 11463
      3706 11482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 029DEG 24KT 3702 11460 

$$

Outler

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 5:52 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark, Lincoln53 min
Jul 23, 7:11 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark49 min
Jul 23, 7:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark23 min

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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.