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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 23, 2025Clark County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2025, 8:38 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2025, 8:38 PM PDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2025, 9:15 PM PDT
In force
37 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 23, 4:00 PM PDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 4:00 PM PDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 5:25 PM PDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 23, 5:56 PM PDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:39 PM PDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 9:31 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark44 min
Aug 24, 1:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark60 min
Aug 24, 2:47 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFClark118 min
Aug 23, 5:41 PM PDTDust Storm WarningVEFMohave49 min
Aug 23, 6:56 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 24, 11:32 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave43 min
Aug 24, 11:34 AM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 24, 12:16 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave44 min
Aug 24, 1:05 PM PDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 24, 3:59 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.