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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Las Vegas, NV

October 4, 2007Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind watch at Oct 4, 2007, 3:07 AM PDT for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 5, 2007, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2007, 3:07 AM PDT (10:07 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 5, 2007, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2007, 4:10 AM PDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Oct 3, 9:32 PM PDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 9:32 PM PDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 3:48 AM PDT, 23 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
348 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2007

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-040700-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
348 AM PDT WED OCT 3 2007 /348 AM MST WED OCT 3 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A POWERFUL GULF OF ALASKA STORM WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG WINDS
TO MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE RIDGETOPS OF THE
SIERRA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY...AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A
CHANCE OF STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS REACHING INTO THE OWENS VALLEY.
ANY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WOULD CAUSE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY
395...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
MOVE SOUTH ON FRIDAY...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD
HIGH WIND EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. ANYONE PLANNING
TO TRAVEL ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK OR MOHAVE COUNTY ON FRIDAY
SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE ON SATURDAY...AND QUIET WEATHER IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PER STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 3:07 AM PDT	Lake Wind Advisory	VEF		18 hr
Oct 4, 3:07 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	VEF	Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye	18 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Nevada, 2007 High Wind Watches in California, 2007 High Wind Watches in Arizona, 2007 Every high wind watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.