1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 1:53 AM PST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 253 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THE MOJAVE DESERT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE MOVING AROUND THE HIGH WILL PRODUCE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. .DISCUSSION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS AND THE SIERRA AS A 500/400 MB WIND SPEED MAX SLIDES NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. UPDATED MORNING PACKAGE TO REMOVE MOUNTAIN WORDING IN CA ZONES. EXPECT DYNAMICALLY FORCED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN LATER ISOLATED TERRAIN FORCED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CA ZONES. FOR THE REST OF THE CWA...WITH LEFT OVER MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE WE SHOULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOMORROW LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR WITH MENTION OF MAINLY MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGH CENTER DRIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SOME MOISTURE TO BE BROUGHT UP FROM TROPICAL STORM CRISTINA BEGINNING MONDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE UP TO THE 600MB LEVEL KEEPING OUR LOWER LEVELS FAIRLY DRY. WE WILL SEE A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT BRINGING IN PLENTY OF HIGH AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA. WE SHOULD THEREFORE SEE MAINLY HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH A BETTER SHEAR PROFILE THESE STORMS MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED THAN THE ONES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE THE LOWLANDS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. MODELS HAVE SPED UP THE TROUGH THAT WILL SLIDE DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. STILL THINK SOME MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED. NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED. OROW .LAS...NONE.
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds from thunderstorms pushed through Kingman knocking down powerlines causing minor roof damage to several homes around town. A 3-foot diameter tree was also knocked down by the winds.
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