Yet another strong Pacific storm system brought thunderstorms to the Mojave Desert region. One storm produced wind damage.
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Yet another strong Pacific storm system brought thunderstorms to the Mojave Desert region. One storm produced wind damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 29, 1:07 PM PST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 207 PM PDT Mon Apr 29 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely though this evening as a low pressure system moves through the area. Additional showers are likely tomorrow across Lincoln county as a weak cold front pushes through the region. Warmer and drier conditions are expected for the remainder of the week with temperatures climbing above normal by the weekend. && .SHORT TERM...through Tuesday evening. Widespread convection is ongoing this hour as a compact closed low pivots out of Southern California and into the Four Corners region. High resolution forecast models have done a decent job today highlighting thunderstorm activity concentrated in Clark county this afternoon, and they continue to advertise this activity shifting into Northeast Clark, Lincoln, and Mohave Counties this evening. Steep lapse rates and strong forcing within a broadly diffluent flow pattern ahead of the low, along with moderate southerly shear have promoted a few stronger updrafts. Numerous reports of small, pea sized hail were received in the Vegas Valley. Even had a couple reports of hail up to the size of pennies. As activity consolidates and pushes eastward, the threat for hail and gusty winds will shift eastward as well, favoring Mohave county and northeast Clark county. Rainfall rates of up to 1 inch per hour are possible as well, suggesting at least an isolated flash flood threat. By late this evening, the closed low will push east into Arizona and convective activity will wane. A few showers may persist into the late evening across Lincoln and Northern Mohave counties, but should clear by the early morning hours. Drier conditions are expected Tuesday, however a weak cold front sagging south into Lincoln county will be the focus of some additional showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. && .LONG TERM...Wednesday through Monday. Dry weather is expected Wednesday through late this week as mean layer troughing over the western U.S. weakens Wednesday into Thursday leaving nearly zonal flow over the region. By Friday, a weak ridge will build over the Desert Southwest ahead of the next approaching low pressure system making its way onshore of the central Cali coast over the weekend. Breezy, northerly winds will linger into Wednesday behind an exiting shortwave trough but lessen over most areas through the end of the work week. Ahead of the approaching Pacific trough, widespread southwest winds will become gusty for the weekend with gusts of 20-30 mph. Precip chances will begin over the higher elevations of Inyo and Esmeralda counties on Saturday before isolated showers spread eastward across the southern Great Basin on Sunday. Isolated chances for storms look to be possible, especially over the higher terrain in the aforementioned areas, both afternoons. Confidence in specifics for Sunday onward is still on the low-end as models begin to diverge in the handling of this system once it moves onshore. Temps will warm well above normal by Friday/Saturday before trough ushers in a downward trend early next week. & .AVIATION...For McCarran...Thunderstorms with erratic and gusty winds will begin to subside by 00Z, with northwest winds favored through the evening. CIGs will likely remain at or above 5 Kft. Sporadic southerly gusts are also possible, before winds subside and favor a lighter west to southwest wind after midnight. Expect turbulence, low level wind shear, and icing hazards with the thunderstorms through the evening hours. Southwest winds will increase for Tuesday with low level wind shear potentially returning after sunset with lighter southwest winds at the surface and stronger northwest winds just above. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Erratic wind gusts, turbulence and icing hazards associated with thunderstorms for much of the area, with much of the thunderstorm activity ending or increasingly confined to southwest Utah by sunset. Some flavor of west to southwest winds expected to takeover tonight, with gusty southwest winds expected to takeover once again Tuesday. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Reports of hail...high winds...or flooding are encouraged through this evening with numerous thunderstorms expected in the region. && Short Term...Outler Long Term...Guillet Aviation...Steele For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: http://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree near Horizon Blvd and Falcon Glenn Drive in Mesquite.
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