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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 4:02 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 4:02 PM PDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 43 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
726
WUUS55 KVEF 122302
SVRVEF
NVC017-122345-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0056.210812T2302Z-210812T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
402 PM PDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Lincoln County in south central Nevada...
* Until 445 PM PDT.
* At 402 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest
of Beaver Dam State Park, or 10 miles southwest of Beaver Dam, and
is nearly stationary.
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...
Beaver Dam State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 11411 3743 11405 3739 11405 3723 11424
3747 11448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 049DEG 4KT 3744 11422
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Outler2 follow-up statements
366
WWUS55 KVEF 122320
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
420 PM PDT Thu Aug 12 2021
NVC017-122345-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210812T2345Z/
Lincoln NV-
420 PM PDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 419 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Beaver Dam State Park, or 11 miles southwest of Beaver Dam, and
is nearly stationary. Strong wind gusts remain possible with this
storm.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Beaver Dam State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 11411 3743 11405 3739 11405 3723 11424
3747 11448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 049DEG 4KT 3743 11424
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Outler473
WWUS55 KVEF 122336
SVSVEF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
436 PM PDT Thu Aug 12 2021
NVC017-122346-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210812T2345Z/
Lincoln NV-
436 PM PDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 445 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 3760 11411 3743 11405 3739 11405 3723 11424
3747 11448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 049DEG 4KT 3742 11426
$$
OutlerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | Lincoln | 3 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.