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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Las Vegas, NV

August 31, 2026Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2026, 10:43 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 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 31, 2026, 10:43 AM MST (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2026, 11:30 AM MST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mohave County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2026-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2026-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 31, 10:14 AM MST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 10:14 AM MST, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 11:26 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFClark49 min
Aug 31, 3:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFLincoln41 min
Aug 31, 4:33 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFLincoln3 hr
Aug 30, 6:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 30, 7:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave43 min
Aug 30, 7:21 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatVEFMohave3 hr
Aug 30, 8:39 PM MSTFlood WatchVEFMohave27 hr
Aug 31, 9:13 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave32 min
Aug 31, 9:50 AM MSTAreal 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.