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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 13, 2021Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 2:23 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 52 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 13, 2021, 2:23 PM PDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 3:15 PM PDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 487 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 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

240 
WUUS55 KVEF 132123
SVRVEF
CAC071-NVC003-132215-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0061.210813T2123Z-210813T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
223 PM PDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central San Bernardino County in southern California...
  Central Clark County in southern Nevada...

* Until 315 PM PDT.

* At 222 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nipton, or 15
  miles south of Primm, 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...
  Cima, Nipton, and Nipton And Ivanpah Roads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3560 11535 3554 11511 3514 11534 3526 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 018DEG 4KT 3541 11531 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DSB
2 follow-up statements
885 
WWUS55 KVEF 132201
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
301 PM PDT Fri Aug 13 2021

CAC071-NVC003-132215-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210813T2215Z/
San Bernardino CA-Clark NV-
301 PM PDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO AND CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

At 300 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Nipton, or 13 miles northeast of Cima, 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...
Cima, Nipton, and Nipton And Ivanpah Roads.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3560 11535 3554 11511 3514 11534 3526 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 018DEG 4KT 3537 11533 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DSB
143 
WWUS55 KVEF 132211
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
311 PM PDT Fri Aug 13 2021

CAC071-NVC003-132221-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210813T2215Z/
San Bernardino CA-Clark NV-
311 PM PDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO
AND CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3560 11535 3554 11511 3514 11534 3526 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 018DEG 4KT 3537 11533 

$$

DSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:06 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark39 min
Aug 12, 7:40 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark50 min
Aug 12, 7:46 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Aug 12, 8:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark58 min
Aug 12, 8:42 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark3 hr
Aug 12, 9:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark50 min
Aug 13, 2:37 AM PDTExcessive Heat WatchVEFClark, Nye12 hr
Aug 13, 2:18 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningVEFClark, Nye3 days
Aug 13, 2:46 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFSan Bernardino3 hr
Aug 13, 3:20 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino40 min
Aug 13, 4:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino41 min
Aug 13, 4:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.