Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2005, 1:04 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2005, 1:04 PM MST (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2005, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KVEF 262004 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1204 PM PST MON DEC 26 2005 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ028-029-NVZ016>022-270000- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.051226T2004Z-051227T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...BAKER...FORT IRWIN... TWENTYNINE PALMS...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY... HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1204 PM PST MON DEC 26 2005 /104 PM MST MON DEC 26 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL BE A CONCERN. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED WITH SOME LOCAL AREAS SEEING VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KVEF 270002 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2005 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ028-029-NVZ016>022-270115- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051227T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...BAKER...FORT IRWIN... TWENTYNINE PALMS...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY... HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 402 PM PST MON DEC 26 2005 /502 PM MST MON DEC 26 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER MOST OF THE AREA AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE EVEN MORE DURING THE EVENING. SOME FAVORED CHANNELED AREAS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY COULD STILL REACH ADVISORY LEVELS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT WIDESPREAD ADVISORY WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ SALMEN
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.