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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV

January 5, 2007San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Jan 5, 2007, 12:00 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2007, 12:00 PM PST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 7:00 PM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County San Bernardino County, CA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 12:20 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND DMGYucaipa, CAPOWER POLES BLOWN DOWN IN YUCAIPA BY WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-01-05Temperature 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 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -116 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-120 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 052000
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1200 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

.A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA EARLY THIS MORNING ...AND INTO CENTRAL
ARIZONA. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN
NEVADA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO
RIVER.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

CAZ524-060300-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0001.070105T2000Z-070106T0300Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE
1200 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35
MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...HOWEVER GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF
THE WIND AND THE ROADWAYS...IN PARTICULAR INTERSTATE 15...THE
WINDS ARE A DIRECT CROSSWIND AND ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED...INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRACTOR TRAILERS BEING BLOWN OVER
BETWEEN BAKER AND BARSTOW. ALSO...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY DOWN
WIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS OR DUNES. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR NOW THROUGH 4 PM.

$$

CAZ523-060300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0001.070105T2000Z-070106T0300Z/
/O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.070106T0300Z-070106T0400Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN
1200 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 8 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35
MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...HOWEVER GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED...PARTICULARLY FROM BARSTOW
TO THE EAST. DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE WIND AND THE
ROADWAYS...IN PARTICULAR INTERSTATE 15...THE WINDS ARE A DIRECT
CROSSWIND AND ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRACTOR
TRAILERS BEING BLOWN OVER BETWEEN BAKER AND BARSTOW. ALSO...AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS...ESPECIALLY DOWN WIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS OR DUNES. IT APPEARS
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NOW THROUGH 4 PM.


$$

AZZ002-036-CAZ525>527-NVZ017-020>022-060300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...
SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
1200 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007 /100 PM MST FRI JAN 5 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH WILL OCCUR PORTIONS OF CLARK AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY TODAY. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN
NOW AM AND 4 PM.

$$

NVZ014-018-019-060300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
1200 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING OVER 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NYE COUNTY AND THE SHEEP RANGE. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 052004
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1204 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

.A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA EARLY THIS MORNING ...AND INTO CENTRAL
ARIZONA. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN
NEVADA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO
RIVER.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

CAZ523-060300-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.070106T0300Z-070106T0400Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN
1204 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS
MUCH OF THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...HOWEVER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED...PARTICULARLY FROM BARSTOW TO THE EAST.
DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE WIND AND THE ROADWAYS...IN
PARTICULAR INTERSTATE 15...THE WINDS ARE A DIRECT CROSSWIND AND
ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRACTOR TRAILERS
BEING BLOWN OVER BETWEEN BAKER AND BARSTOW. ALSO...AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS...ESPECIALLY DOWN WIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS OR DUNES. IT APPEARS
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NOW THROUGH 4 PM.

$$

CAZ524-060300-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE
1204 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE CURRENTLY SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS
MUCH OF THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...HOWEVER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. DUE TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE WIND
AND THE ROADWAYS...IN PARTICULAR INTERSTATE 15...THE WINDS ARE A
DIRECT CROSSWIND AND ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...INCLUDING
MULTIPLE TRACTOR TRAILERS BEING BLOWN OVER BETWEEN BAKER AND
BARSTOW. ALSO...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY DOWN WIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS OR
DUNES. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NOW THROUGH
4 PM.

$$

AZZ002-036-CAZ525>527-NVZ017-020>022-060300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...
SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
1204 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007 /104 PM MST FRI JAN 5 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH WILL OCCUR PORTIONS OF CLARK AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY TODAY. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN
NOW AM AND 4 PM.

$$

NVZ014-018-019-060300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
1204 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING OVER 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NYE COUNTY AND THE SHEEP RANGE. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST
WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 060310
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
710 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

CAZ523-524-060415-
/O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE
710 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE STRONG WINDS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE DAY WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS WHICH REACHED BETWEEN 50 AND
55 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS ALLOWING FOR THE EXPIRATION OF
THE HIGH WIND WARNING.

$$

AZZ002-036-CAZ525>527-NVZ017-020>022-060415-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...
SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
710 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007 /810 PM MST FRI JAN 5 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEGUN TO
DECREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.
ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH SOUTH CHANNELS AND CANYONS AROUND LAKE
MEAD AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WINDS GUSTS TO OVER THE
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.


$$

NVZ014-018-019-060415-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0300Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
710 PM PST FRI JAN 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEGUN TO
DECREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.
ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...
WINDS GUSTS TO OVER THE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED.


$$

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in California, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.