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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 9, 2021Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2021, 5:11 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 9, 2021, 5:11 PM MST (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
34 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 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 2021-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

810 
WUUS55 KVEF 100011
SVRVEF
AZC015-NVC003-100100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.SV.W.0071.210910T0011Z-210910T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
511 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 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 600 PM PDT/600 PM MST/.

* At 510 PM PDT/510 PM MST/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
  Katherine Landing, moving northwest at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Bullhead City, Laughlin, Katherine Landing, Big Bend Rec Area and
  Cal-Nev-Ari.

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 3519 11440 3505 11463 3530 11498 3555 11454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 139DEG 17KT 3520 11458 

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

$$

BKP
2 follow-up statements
307 
WWUS55 KVEF 100030
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
530 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

AZC015-NVC003-100100-
/O.CON.KVEF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-210910T0100Z/
Mohave AZ-Clark NV-
530 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM
PDT/600 PM MST/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK
COUNTIES...

At 529 PM PDT/529 PM MST/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Katherine Landing, moving northwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Bullhead City, Laughlin, Katherine Landing, Big Bend Rec Area and
Cal-Nev-Ari.

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 3519 11440 3505 11463 3530 11498 3555 11454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 139DEG 17KT 3527 11465 

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

$$

BKP
974 
WWUS55 KVEF 100045
SVSVEF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
545 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

AZC015-NVC003-100054-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-210910T0100Z/
Mohave AZ-Clark NV-
545 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3519 11440 3505 11463 3530 11498 3555 11454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 139DEG 17KT 3532 11471 

$$

BKP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 1:48 AM MSTExcessive Heat WarningVEFMohave4 days
Sep 10, 1:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark46 min
Sep 10, 2:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark44 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.