Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 39, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2006, 3:31 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Dec 27, 2006, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2006, 3:31 AM PST (11:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2006, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2006, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 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 271131 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 331 AM PST WED DEC 27 2006 CAZ523-525-271945- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0039.061227T1500Z-061228T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 331 AM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TODAY AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEVADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS EVENING BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 272016 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1216 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 CAZ523-525-280400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-061228T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1216 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEVADA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. 45 MPH WIND GUSTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORDED AT THE BARSTOW / DAGGETT AIRPORT. THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED TONIGHT AS THE STORM CAUSING THE WINDS IS EXITING THE AREA AT A SLOWER THAN ANTICIPATED SPEED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS EVENING BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 272339 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 339 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 .STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THUR DAY EVENING. CAZ523-525-280400- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T1200Z-061229T0400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-061228T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 339 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...GUSTING OVER 50 MPH...ARE OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM SOUTHERN NEVADA INTO ARIZONA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN TEMPORARILY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AFTER 4 AM AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-015-280400- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T0900Z-061229T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 339 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN NEVADA...ALONG WITH INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD POSSIBLY EXCEED 60 MPH IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SIERRA THURSDAY MORNING AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016>022-280400- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T1200Z-061229T0400Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...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 339 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 /439 PM MST WED DEC 27 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY EARLY LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THURSDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH WINDS... WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH...MAY BE POSSIBLE IN NORTH SOUTH CANYONS AND CHANNELS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$ JGA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 280408 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 808 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 .AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA MOVES SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING. CAZ523-525-281200- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-061228T0400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T1200Z-061229T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 808 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST THURSDAY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND THE MORONGO BASIN INDICATE THAT WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING. IT WILL REMAIN WINDS WITH SUSTAIN WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE VERY ISOLATED. PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED TODAY... BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT..55 MPH. SQUAW SPRINGS RAW NEAR HIGHWAY 395 SOUTHEAST OF RIDGECREST...59 MPH. TWENTYNINE PALMS MARINE CORPS BASE...49 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN TEMPORARILY DECREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AFTER 4 AM AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-281200- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T0408Z-061229T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 808 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND INYO COUNTIES. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD POSSIBLY EXCEED 60 MPH IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SIERRA THURSDAY MORNING AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY. $$ NVZ015-281200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T0900Z-061229T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 808 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN LINCOLN COUNTY TONIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016>022-281200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.061228T1200Z-061229T0400Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...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 808 PM PST WED DEC 27 2006 /908 PM MST WED DEC 27 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY EARLY LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THURSDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH...MAY BE POSSIBLE IN NORTH SOUTH CANYONS AND CHANNELS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PIERCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 5:35 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 3 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:39 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 32 hr |
Nearby
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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.