NWS STORM SURVEY FINDS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE

A SEVERE THUNERSTORM STRUCK FORT MOHAVE, ARIZONA ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER, DEVELOPING AROUND 10:40 PM AND MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM EAST SOUTHEAST TO WEST NORHTWEST. AROUND 11:17 PM, THE STORM STRUCK THE RIVERSIDE ADVENTURE TRAILS RV PARK DESTROYING OR HEAVILY DAMAGING 14 RVS AND CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO 12 RVS OR TRAILERS. ABOUT THREE TENTHS OF A MILES NORTHEAST OF THE RV PARK A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ALSO SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST SURVEYED THE DAMAGE, AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF AROUND 80 MPH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE OATMAN AREA (ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF FORT MOHAVE) AT 10:29 PM, VALID UNTIL 11 PM, AND ALSO ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE GOLDEN VALLEY AREA (ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE FORT MOHAVE) AT 10:53 PM VALID UNTIL 11:45 PM.