Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2005, 3:57 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Nov 18, 2005, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2005, 3:57 PM MST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2005, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2005, 3:54 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KVEF 172257 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 257 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 AZZ002-036-CAZ029-NVZ021-180700- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.051118T1700Z-051119T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 257 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 /357 PM MST THU NOV 17 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHWEST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT LINGERS ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER FRIDAY WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE WINDS ESPECIALLY IN NARROW NORTH-SOUTH CHANNELS. BOATERS PLANNING TO VENTURE OUT ONTO LAKE MEAD OR LAKE MOHAVE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ PIERCE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 180458 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 858 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 AZZ002-036-CAZ029-NVZ021-181300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.051118T1700Z-051119T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 858 PM PST THU NOV 17 2005 /958 PM MST THU NOV 17 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... A DRY COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST UTAH THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTH DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING BEHIND THE FRONT. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER FRIDAY WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE WINDS ESPECIALLY IN NARROW NORTH-SOUTH CHANNELS. BOATERS PLANNING TO VENTURE OUT ONTO LAKE MEAD OR LAKE MOHAVE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JH
000 WWUS75 KVEF 181054 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 254 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2005 AZZ002-036-CAZ029-NVZ021-181200- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.051118T1700Z-051119T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 254 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2005 /354 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY. WINDS ALONG THE LAKE ZONES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THESE AREAS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH SOME ISOLATED FAVORED AREAS APPROACHING OR BRIEFLY EXCEEDING ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.