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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 24, 2021Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 5:42 PM PDT for Clark 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, 5:42 PM PDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 6:30 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 Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS55 KVEF 250042
SVRVEF
NVC003-250130-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0038.210725T0042Z-210725T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Clark County in southern Nevada...

* Until 630 PM PDT.

* At 541 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles west of
  Valley Of Fire, or 14 miles southwest of Moapa Town, moving
  southwest at 10 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Clark County.

This includes Interstate 15 in Nevada between mile markers 60 and 80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3663 11478 3646 11460 3618 11482 3647 11514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 051DEG 7KT 3650 11477 

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

Outler
2 follow-up statements
205 
WWUS55 KVEF 250101
SVSVEF

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

NVC003-250130-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210725T0130Z/
Clark NV-
601 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

At 600 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles west of
Valley Of Fire, or 17 miles southwest of Moapa Town, moving southwest
at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.


This includes Interstate 15 in Nevada between mile markers 60 and 80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3663 11478 3646 11460 3618 11482 3647 11514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 051DEG 7KT 3648 11481 

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

CO
646 
WWUS55 KVEF 250120
SVSVEF

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

NVC003-250130-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210725T0130Z/
Clark NV-
620 PM PDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 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.

LAT...LON 3663 11478 3646 11460 3618 11482 3647 11514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 051DEG 7KT 3646 11484 

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:53 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark74 min
Jul 25, 12:19 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEFClark, Esmeralda, Nye32 hr
Jul 25, 2:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark67 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.