Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Feb 26, 2007, 12:43 PM PST for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 7 hr. 15 reports 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
- Feb 26, 2007, 12:43 PM PST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2007, 8:00 PM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 4 Ese Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 6 S Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 S Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Ssw Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 81 | 5 Wsw Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 2:50 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 12 W Bishop, CA | |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 Ese Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 6 S Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 84 | 3 Sw Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 3:45 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 86 | 3 Nw Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 4:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 5 Ese Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 4:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Se Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 5:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 E Independence, CA | |
| Feb 26, 5:16 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nnw Olancha, CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED BIG RIG FLIPPED IN SOUTH BOUND LANES NEAR COTTONWOOD ROAD WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 395. HARD CLOSUERE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES FROM PEARSONVILLE TO LONE PINE ON HIGHWAY 395. |
| Feb 26, 6:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 83 | 3 Ssw Independence, CA |
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, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 262043 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1243 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 CAZ519-270000- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.070226T2043Z-070227T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.070227T0000Z-070227T0400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1243 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. A WIND SENSOR IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INDEPENDENCE AT AN ELEVATION NEAR 4800 FEET REPORTED WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 92 MPH AROUND NOON. OTHER SENSORS RECORDED WIND GUSTS UP TO 69 MPH. WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 4 PM PST BEFORE DECREASING TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$ CAZ520-270000- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.070226T2043Z-070227T0000Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 1243 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SENSORS IN THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS...NEAR 4800 FEET... REPORTED WINDS GUSTING FROM 64 TO 92 MPH AROUND NOON. THESE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH THE VALLEY FLOOR...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395...UNTIL AT LEAST 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HIGH WEST WINDS MAY BE LOCALIZED AND QUICKLY GUST OVER 60 MPH THEN ABRUPTLY END. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG 395 THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ JGA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 262306 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 306 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 .A COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWING INTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AND BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. CAZ519-270400- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.070227T0000Z-070227T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070227T0400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 306 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. SEVERAL WIND SENSORS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF INDEPENDENCE HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING DOWNSLOPE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO IMPACT AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIERRA EAST SLOPES BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ520-270400- /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070227T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 306 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING OVER 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OWENS VALLEY...INCLUDING SECTIONS OF 395 NEAR INDEPENDENCE...SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING DOWNSLOPE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE SOUTHWARD DOWN THE OWENS VALLEY BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 395. $$ CAZ523>526-270600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.070227T0200Z-070228T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 306 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS THIS EVENING AND REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND AND WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADS. $$ AZZ036-CAZ522-NVZ016>022-270600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.070227T0500Z-070227T2000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY... HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 306 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 /406 PM MST MON FEB 26 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST /1 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST /1 PM MST/ TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKE MEAD AND LAKE MOHAVE DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$ JGA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 270410 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 810 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 .A COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWING INTO THE CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AND BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. CAZ519-520-270515- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070227T0400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 810 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY. STRONG WEST WINDS THAT SURFACED ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY HAVE RAPIDLY DECREASED SINCE SUNSET. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A WEST WIND GUST UP TO 92 MPH WAS REPORTED BY A SENSOR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL OTHER SENSORS REPORTED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH. ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL...AROUND 515 PM PST THE STRONG WINDS FLIPPED A TRACTOR TRAILER OVER ON HIGHWAY 395 ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF OLANCHA. $$ CAZ523>526-271230- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070228T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 810 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS THIS EVENING AND REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND AND WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH/SOUTH ROADS. $$ AZZ036-CAZ522-NVZ016>022-271230- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.070227T0500Z-070227T2000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- 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...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...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 810 PM PST MON FEB 26 2007 /910 PM MST MON FEB 26 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST /1 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST /1 PM MST/ TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKE MEAD AND LAKE MOHAVE DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY... OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES... AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$ PIERCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:21 AM PST | Snow Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 27 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:57 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Inyo | 11 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:06 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 54 hr |
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.