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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

September 19, 2006Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Sep 19, 2006, 12:52 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Sep 19, 2006, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2006, 12:52 PM PDT (19:52 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 19, 2006, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2006, 11:55 PM PDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Inyo County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2006-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2006-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KVEF 191952
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1252 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

CAZ519-520-200400-
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0007.060920T0000Z-060920T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE
1252 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. 

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND ALONG THE WESTERN
FOOTHILLS IN THE OWENS VALLEY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
OWENS VALLEY AS WELL. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA WITH POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENT AT THE
MOUTH OF WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS.

DRIVERS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN BISHOP AND
ASPENDELL...ONION VALLEY ROAD WEST OF INDEPENDENCE AND ALONG
HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHICH CAN
MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH
AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 200041
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
541 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

CAZ519-520-200400-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060920T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE
541 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 70 MPH WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE SIERRA...AND POSSIBLY DOWN INTO AREAS OF THE WESTERN
FOOTHILLS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THE
HIGHEST WINDS IS BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH
SHOULD GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO AREAS ABOVE 4500 FEET. STRONG
WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE OWENS VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY
395...WITH ENHANCED SPEEDS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE AT THE MOUTH OF
WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS.

DRIVERS ALONG HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN BISHOP AND ASPENDELL...ONION
VALLEY ROAD WEST OF INDEPENDENCE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH
AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

JGA
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 200403
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
903 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

CAZ519-520-200700-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060920T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE
903 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

A WEATHER SPOTTER IN ASPENDELL REPORTED WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH
AROUND 8 PM AND AUTOMATED WIND SENSORS HAVE RECORDED GUSTS UP TO
49 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INDEPENDENCE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 70 MPH WILL REMAIN A THREAT DURING THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
SIERRA...AND POSSIBLY DOWN INTO AREAS OF THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF
THE OWENS VALLEY. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THE HIGHEST WINDS
WILL BE UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH SHOULD GENERALLY BE
CONFINED TO AREAS ABOVE 4500 FEET. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE OWENS VALLEY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395...WITH ENHANCED SPEEDS UP
TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE AT THE MOUTH OF WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS.

DRIVERS ALONG HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN BISHOP AND ASPENDELL...ONION
VALLEY ROAD WEST OF INDEPENDENCE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH
AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

JGA
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 200655
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1155 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

CAZ519-520-200800-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060920T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE
1155 PM PDT TUE SEP 19 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. AUTOMATED WIND SENSORS SHOWED THAT DOWNSLOPE WINDS
WERE DECREASING IN THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE OWENS VALLEY
SINCE 10 PM AND HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE SIERRA OR IN THE OWENS VALLEY THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO 51 MPH WERE RECORDED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST
OF INDEPENDENCE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM AND A PEAK GUST OF 50 MPH
WAS REPORTED AT ASPENDELL DURING THE SAME PERIOD. NORTH WINDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH WILL SPREAD DOWN THE OWENS VALLEY OVERNIGHT.

$$

JGA

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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.