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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 26, 2021Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2021, 4:34 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2021, 4:34 PM PDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2021, 5:15 PM PDT
In force: 41 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), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

030 
WUUS55 KVEF 262334
SVRVEF
NVC017-270015-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0048.210726T2334Z-210727T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
434 PM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM PDT.

* At 434 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pioche,
  moving north 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...
  Pioche.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3786 11432 3782 11455 3815 11469 3821 11436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 168DEG 14KT 3791 11446 

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

BKP

2 follow-up statements

581 
WWUS55 KVEF 262356
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
456 PM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NVC017-270015-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210727T0015Z/
Lincoln NV-
456 PM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 456 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pioche, moving
north 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.

Locations impacted include...
Pioche.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3786 11432 3782 11455 3815 11469 3821 11436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 194DEG 9KT 3794 11438 

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

BKP

719 
WWUS55 KVEF 270007
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
507 PM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NVC017-270016-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210727T0015Z/
Lincoln NV-
507 PM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM PDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3786 11432 3782 11455 3815 11469 3821 11436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 168DEG 14KT 3796 11439 

$$

BKP

The 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 Considerable damage threat	VEF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Clark	59 min
Jul 25, 6:06 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	VEF	Lincoln	39 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 Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jul 25, 8:59 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jul 26, 10:44 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark	3 hr
Jul 26, 11:32 AM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Clark, Nye	4 hr
Jul 26, 12:29 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Nye	3 hr
Jul 26, 12:40 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	VEF	Nye	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:28 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	VEF	Lincoln	2 hr

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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.