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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 29, 2021Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 5:42 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2021, 5:42 PM MST (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 6:30 PM MST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 421 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WUUS55 KVEF 300042
SVRVEF
AZC015-300130-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0068.210830T0042Z-210830T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
542 PM MST Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Mohave County in northwestern Arizona...

* Until 630 PM MST.

* At 541 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
  Topock, moving northeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Yucca and Topock. 

This includes Interstate 40 in Arizona between mile markers 1 and 25.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3459 11444 3461 11443 3462 11444 3464 11444
      3466 11446 3467 11445 3471 11447 3477 11456
      3481 11457 3496 11421 3466 11400 3458 11442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 235DEG 14KT 3476 11430 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BKP
1 follow-up statement
245 
WWUS55 KVEF 300125
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
625 PM MST Sun Aug 29 2021

AZC015-300135-
/O.EXP.KVEF.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-210830T0130Z/
Mohave AZ-
625 PM MST Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MST...
        
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 3459 11444 3461 11443 3462 11444 3464 11444
      3466 11446 3467 11445 3471 11447 3477 11456
      3481 11457 3496 11421 3466 11400 3458 11442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 235DEG 14KT 3485 11414 

$$

BKP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 3:28 AM MSTFlash Flood WatchVEFMohave59 hr
Aug 30, 4:30 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave100 min
Aug 30, 4:35 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr

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.