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, 2:52 PM PST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 352 PM 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 COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. .DISCUSSION...WIND MAX BETWEEN 500/400 MB CONTINUES NORTHWEST OVER THE SIERRA AND IS HELPING TO ORGANIZE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. EXPECT DYNAMICALLY FORCED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER THE SIERRA ZONE. ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOME OF THAT WILL CONTINUE ON ITS EASTERLY TRACK ACROSS THE RIVER/LAKE MEAD ZONES. HAVE ADDED PRECIP MENTION TO FIRST PERIODS TO ACCOUNT FOR ACTIVITY. TOMORROW LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR TO TODAY 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. HOWEVER...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 RESULTING 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. HAVE INCLUDED ALL PARTS OF ALL ZONES FOR MENTION OF PRECIP ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A TROUGH WILL PUSH IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND SHOULD DRY THE SIERRA NEVADA AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA BEGINNING THUR...AND FINALLY NORTHERN AZ BY FRIDAY. EXTENDED MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS TRACK AND TIMING. OROW .LAS...NONE.
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 100 mph blew the roof off a horse coral.
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