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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 24, 2021Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 3:07 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 38 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, 3:07 PM MST (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 3:45 PM MST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

977 
WUUS55 KVEF 242207
SVRVEF
AZC015-NVC003-242245-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0005.210624T2207Z-210624T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
307 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Mohave County in northwestern Arizona...
  South central Clark County in southern Nevada...

* Until 345 PM PDT/345 PM MST/.

* At 304 PM PDT/304 PM MST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Katherine Landing, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...40 to 50 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing strong winds 
           and very choppy waters. Boaters on Lake Mohave should 
           move ashore and take cover. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Bullhead City, Laughlin, Katherine Landing, Cottonwood Cove,
  Cottonwood Cove Campground and Big Bend Rec Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Lake Mohave, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 11467 3536 11482 3566 11464 3521 11430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 227DEG 12KT 3531 11461 

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

SC
2 follow-up statements
295 
WWUS55 KVEF 242226
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
326 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021

AZC015-NVC003-242245-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210624T2245Z/
Mohave AZ-Clark NV-
326 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM
PDT/345 PM MST/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK
COUNTIES...

At 323 PM PDT/323 PM MST/, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles
north of Katherine Landing, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...40 to 50 mph winds and choppy waters.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing strong winds and 
         very choppy waters. Boaters on Lake Mohave should move 
         ashore and take cover. Wind gusts over 30 mph have been 
         observed so far.

Locations impacted include...
Bullhead City, Laughlin, Katherine Landing, Cottonwood Cove,
Cottonwood Cove Campground and Big Bend Rec Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Lake Mohave, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 11467 3536 11482 3566 11464 3521 11430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 227DEG 12KT 3536 11455 

<.75IN
<50MPH
 
$$

VARIAN
513 
WWUS55 KVEF 242245
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
345 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021

AZC015-NVC003-242253-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210624T2245Z/
Mohave AZ-Clark NV-
345 PM PDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM PDT/345 PM MST/...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Area 
storms are still capable of producing 40 mph winds and heavy rain.

LAT...LON 3506 11467 3536 11482 3566 11464 3521 11430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 227DEG 12KT 3535 11455 

$$

VARIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 3:08 AM MSTRed Flag WarningVEFMohave17 hr
Jun 24, 12:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 hr
Jun 24, 2:46 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 hr
Jun 24, 1:00 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFClark3 hr
Jun 24, 1:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark20 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.