Bullhead City, Arizona

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

       central and western Arizona

Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 450 PM
until 200 am MST.

Hail to 2 inches in diameter... thunderstorm wind gusts to 80
mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles south
southwest of Kingman Arizona to 75 miles east of Phoenix Arizona.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (wous64 kwns wou3).

Remember... a Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally
do produce tornadoes.

Discussion... another round of strong to severe storms likely to
develop west off the high terrain and move toward the lower Colorado
River valley tonight. Storm intensity will be fueled by large
Reservoir of moderate instability situated across the lower
elevations while low through mid-level easterly flow aids in moving
deep convection off the higher terrain. Pockets of effective shear
in the 25-35kt range and large scale ascent associated with a subtle
short wave trough spreading nwwd from nm/nrn Mexico may allow one or
two larger convective clusters to remain organized well through the
night over parts of the region.

Aviation... a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft
to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70
knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm
motion vector 07020.


... Carbin

... Flash Flood Watch in effect from Saturday afternoon through
Saturday evening...

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of northwest Arizona...
California and Nevada... including the following areas... in
northwest Arizona... Lake havasu and Fort Mohave... Lake Mead
National Recreation Area... northwest deserts and northwest
plateau. In California... Cadiz basin... eastern Mojave Desert...
morongo basin and San Bernardino County-upper Colorado River
valley. In Nevada... Lake Mead National Recreation Area... Las
Vegas Valley... Lincoln County... northeast Clark County and
southern Clark County.

* From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening

* scattered thunderstorms... some producing locally heavy
rain... are expected over portions of Lincoln... Mohave... Clark... and
eastern San Bernardino counties on Saturday afternoon and into
the evening. A significant amount of moisture is expected to
move into the area late tonight and through the day on
Saturday... which will combine with an unstable airmass and
steering winds that are either light or conducive to repeated
development of storms over the same area. This will result in
favorable conditions for flash flooding.


A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation
and persons in the watch area should be alert to the potential
for heavy rainfall and be prepared to take quick action and move
to higher ground.

Kennedy

... Record high minimum temperature broken in Las Vegas Thursday...

The low temperature at McCarran International Airport Thursday the
28th of August only got down to 83 degrees. This reading broke the
previous record high minimum... which could also be called the
warmest low temperature... for the date which was 82 degrees set in
2005.