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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 1:11 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 1:11 PM PDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 1:31 PM PDT
- In force
- 20 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
174
WUUS55 KVEF 242011
SVRVEF
NVC003-242100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0004.210624T2011Z-210624T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
111 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Clark County in southern Nevada...
* Until 200 PM PDT.
* At 110 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake Las
Vegas, moving northeast 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...
Henderson, Las Vegas Bay, Lake Las Vegas, Sam Boyd Stadium, East
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Bay Campground, Sunrise Mtn and Frenchman Mtn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3603 11494 3610 11505 3630 11495 3619 11468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 214DEG 13KT 3610 11497
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SC1 follow-up statement
252
WWUS55 KVEF 242031
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
131 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021
NVC003-242040-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210624T2100Z/
Clark NV-
131 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Gusty winds are still
possible in and near the Las Vegas Bay.
LAT...LON 3603 11494 3610 11505 3630 11495 3619 11468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 214DEG 13KT 3616 11492
$$
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:08 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 17 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:00 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 38 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.