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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 6:06 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 39 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 25, 2021, 6:06 PM PDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 6:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 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), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
000
WUUS55 KVEF 260106
SVRVEF
NVC017-260145-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0042.210726T0106Z-210726T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
606 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Lincoln County in south central Nevada...
* Until 645 PM PDT.
* At 605 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
of Caliente, and is moving slowly southwest.
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...
Caliente.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 11466 3767 11449 3747 11463 3765 11488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 041DEG 4KT 3768 11464
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BKP2 follow-up statements
712
WWUS55 KVEF 260133
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
633 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021
NVC017-260145-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210726T0145Z/
Lincoln NV-
633 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM PDT
FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 632 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Caliente, and is moving slowly southwest.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Caliente.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 11466 3767 11449 3747 11463 3765 11488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 041DEG 4KT 3766 11467
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BKP947
WWUS55 KVEF 260142
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
642 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021
NVC017-260151-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210726T0145Z/
Lincoln NV-
642 PM PDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 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 3779 11466 3767 11449 3747 11463 3765 11488
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 041DEG 4KT 3765 11468
$$
BKPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:12 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | Clark | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 5:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 7:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 7:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:09 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:59 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 9:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 10:20 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:44 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:32 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:29 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Nye | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 41 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.