Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 29, 2021Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 3:24 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 51 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 29, 2021, 3:24 PM PDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
51 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), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2021-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2021-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

843 
WUUS55 KVEF 292224
SVRVEF
NVC017-292315-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0007.210629T2224Z-210629T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
324 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

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

* Until 415 PM PDT.

* At 323 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southwest
  of Beaver Dam State Park, or 14 miles southwest of Beaver Dam,
  moving south at 25 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...
  Carp.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 11405 3706 11405 3708 11458 3749 11429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 014DEG 20KT 3733 11420 

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

JS
1 follow-up statement
223 
WWUS55 KVEF 292303
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
403 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NVC017-292315-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210629T2315Z/
Lincoln NV-
403 PM PDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 401 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 23 miles northwest 
of Beaver Dam, moving south at 25 mph. The storm has maintained and 
actually intensified in the last 15 minutes as it moves south 
through southeastern Lincoln County. 

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...
Carp.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 11405 3706 11405 3708 11458 3749 11429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 014DEG 20KT 3712 11427 

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

JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:29 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFClark2 hr
Jun 29, 3:26 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFLincoln3 hr
Jun 29, 4:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark, Lincoln58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 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.