Alert archive / California / High Wind Watches in 2007
High Wind Watch 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind watch at Apr 9, 2007, 3:35 PM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Apr 11, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2007, 3:35 PM PDT (22:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2007, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2007, 4:06 AM PDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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
- 2323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 092235 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 335 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 CAZ523-101115- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070410T0300Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 335 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE WINDS LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SAND AND DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS THROUGH WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AROUND THE BARSTOW...DAGGETT AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE GUSTY WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ CAZ519-520-101115- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T0600Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 335 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CROSSING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY EVENING BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST CANYON OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ524>526-101115- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 335 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 100303 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 803 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION CAZ523-100515- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070410T0500Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 803 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO 46 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT AND SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UNTIL 10 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SAND AND DUST WITH LOWER VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS THROUGH WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AROUND THE BARSTOW...DAGGETT AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$ CAZ519-520-100515- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T0600Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 803 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CROSSING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY EVENING BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST CANYON OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ524>526-100515- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 803 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 100517 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1017 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 CAZ523-101200- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070410T0500Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 1017 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 46 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE BARSTOW- DAGGETT AIRPORT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. $$ CAZ519-520-101200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T0600Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 1017 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CROSSING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY EVENING BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST CANYON OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ524>526-101200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOHAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1017 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 101130 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 430 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONG JET STREAM ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE STORM INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. AZZ001-003-NVZ022-102300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 430 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /430 AM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIDESPREAD WIND GUST BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-102300- /O.NEW.KVEF.LW.Y.0004.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 430 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /430 AM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$ CAZ519-520-102300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T0600Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 430 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS LATE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ523>526-102300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ 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 430 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED THE 60 MPH MARK. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 102251 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 351 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONG JET STREAM ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE STORM INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN AND THE MOJAVE DESERT. AZZ001-003-NVZ022-111200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 351 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /351 PM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIDESPREAD WIND GUST BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-111200- /O.CON.KVEF.LW.Y.0004.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 351 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /351 PM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$ CAZ519-520-111200- /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1500Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 351 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY BEING SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 ON WEDNESDAY ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ523>526-111200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ 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 351 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED THE 60 MPH MARK. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 102327 CCA NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 420 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONG JET STREAM ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE STORM INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN AND THE MOJAVE DESERT. AZZ001-003-NVZ022-111245- /O.COR.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 420 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /420 PM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIDESPREAD WIND GUST BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-111245- /O.COR.KVEF.LW.Y.0004.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 420 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 /420 PM MST TUE APR 10 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FROM LAKE MEAD TO LAKE HAVASU. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$ CAZ519-520-111245- /O.COR.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1500Z-070412T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 420 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE OWENS VALLEY WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY BEING SEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. TRAVELERS PLANNING TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 ON WEDNESDAY ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA AS STRONG AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. $$ CAZ523>526-111245- /O.COR.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ 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 420 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED THE 60 MPH MARK. ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY RESULT WITH VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY LAKE BEDS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 111106 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY WITH A STRONG JET STREAM ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE STORM INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN AND THE MOJAVE DESERT. DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND BLOWING DUST IN THESE AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS. CAZ519-112000- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1500Z-070412T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0005.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA DOWN TO NEAR 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN ALONG THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED CANYONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. $$ CAZ523>526-112000- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1800Z-070412T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ 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 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER ABOUT 8 PM THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ520-112000- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0006.070411T1500Z-070412T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WORK INTO THE OWENS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH NEAR EAST-WEST ORIENTED CANYONS. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ022-112000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 /406 AM MST WED APR 11 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS REACHING THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WIDESPREAD WIND GUST NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-112000- /O.CON.KVEF.LW.Y.0004.070411T1800Z-070412T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 406 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007 /406 AM MST WED APR 11 2007/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER ABOUT 8 PM. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD...OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. $$
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 Apr 9, 3:30 PM PDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:30 PM PDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 PM PDT MON APR 9 2007
.SYNOPSIS...DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON
TUESDAY BEFORE A PACIFIC STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO MAINLY THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHILE MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA.
&&
.SHORT TERM...GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW TO REMAIN OVER THE CWA TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY FOR CONTINUED DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CWA.
HOWEVER SURFACE LOW STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA REFUSING TO
FILL AND CONTINUES TO CREATE FAIRLY STRONG GRADIENTS BETWEEN THE
COAST AND LAS VEGAS. RESULT IS GUSTY WEST WINDS FORMED AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHICH HAS PROMPTED
THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY THRU EARLY EVENING. OTHER AREAS ALSO
EXPERIENCING GUSTY WINDS...BUT SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.
LOW SHOULD FILL OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE
WINDS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO DEVELOPING
PACIFIC STORM THAT WILL BE MOVING ONTO THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
ON WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST RIPPLE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY WITH STRONG FLOW ALOFT...
ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN PORTION. LATEST WRF RUN SHOWS THAT POSSIBLE
DOWNSLOPE EVENT WITH THIS RIPPLE AROUND 09Z WED AND THEN A MUCH
STRONGER DOWNSLOPE EVENT ACROSS THE OWENS VALLEY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...700MB FLOW PUSHING 50KT OR GREATER
ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
MORNING AS MAIN LOW MOVES INTO THE AREA. ALL THIS POINTS TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THE CWA. LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL ALSO GENERATE
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. SEE WATCH/WARNING SECTION BELOW AND LATEST
STATEMENTS. INITIAL RIPPLE TO GENERATE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER
THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THEN SPREAD EAST
AND SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA HAVING THE BEST POTENTIAL OF PREC. APPEAR AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHT SO NO WINTER ADVISORIES NEEDED. TEMPS TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE
NORMAL ON TUESDAY ALTHOUGH LIKELY COOL A FEW DEGREES AS HEIGHTS/
THICKNESS BEGINNING TO LOWER. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE
QUESTIONABLE AS WINDS TO KEEP TEMPS UP SOMEWHAT AND HAVE GONE OVER
MOS A FEW DEGREES WITH COOLING THEN INTO THURSDAY.
.LONG TERM...GOOD AGREEMENT STARTS THE LONG TERM THURSDAY MORNING
WITH DIVERGENCE IN SOLUTION FOR THE WEEKEND SYSTEM BRINGS LOW
CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST. MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE MID WEEK
STORM SO THAT BY THURSDAY THERE WILL STILL BE A DECENT SHOT OF
PRECIPITATION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW IN THE EAST PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA. GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BRING TEMPERATURES BELOW
AVERAGE FOR THURSDAY WITH A 10 DEGREE OR MORE DROP FROM WEDNESDAY.
RIDGING ON FRIDAY AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF NEXT
SYSTEM WILL BRING A GOOD REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES. WHAT TO DO WITH
NEXT SYSTEM THAT APPROACHES LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY IS THE
DILEMMA. ECMWF IS THE SHALLOWEST WITH SYSTEM AND WOULD BRING THE
LEAST AMOUNT OF COLD AIR/PRECIP/CLOUDS/WINDS. GFS HAS A DEEP SYSTEM
THAT WOULD BRING SOME PRECIP TO THE NORTH PART OF THE FORECAST AREA.
GEM IS SLOWER BUT ABOUT THE SAME A GFS IN DEPTH. WHAT LITTLE I HAVE
SEEN OF 18Z DGEX SEEMS TO BE A CLOSE MATCH TO THE GFS. HAVE WENT
CLOSE TO GFS SOLUTION. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO EXISTING FORECAST. LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL SEE CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH AND AN
INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS AND CLOUD COVER BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PUT BREEZY
OR WINDY IN EXTENDED FORECAST.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY WEDNESDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE DISTRICT ON
THURSDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH MAY BE EXPERIENCED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THESE WINDS
ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES APPROACHING AND IN MANY AREAS
LOWERING TO BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY HAS
PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CA ZONE 228. AS NOTED...GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE SEEN
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE DISTRICT AND ALTHOUGH A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS...LAND MANAGERS ARE URGED
TO MONITOR THE STORMS PROGRESS AS THE WATCH OR POTENTIAL FUTURE
WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE. HOWEVER AT THIS
TIME MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LOWER TO UNDER 15 PERCENT
OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE DISTRICT.
&&
.AVIATION...SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AT 10 WITH GUST 20 MPH WILL
DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET. TONIGHT AND TOMORROWS WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE
AND UNDER 10 KNOTS. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA: WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL SEE WEST WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAKING FOR
SOME TURBULENT CONDITIONS. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE
LIGHTER SOUTH 10 TO 15 KNOT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON BECOME LIGHT AFTER
SUNSET. CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN SPARSE.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...NONE.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...WIND ADVISORY ZONE 523 THRU 8 PM THIS EVENING.
HIGH WIND WATCH ZONES 519 AND 520 TUE NIGHT THRU WED EVENING.
HIGH WIND WATCH ZONES 523-526 FOR WED MORNING THRU THUR
MORNING.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FIRE ZONE 228 FOR WED AFTERNOON
THRU WED EVENING.
&&
JENSEN/JACQUES
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 6:23 AM PDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 623 AM PDT MON APR 9 2007 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-100500- 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- 623 AM PDT MON APR 9 2007 /623 AM MST MON APR 9 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. PORTIONS OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES MAY SEE WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE REMAINDER OF THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL ALSO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY AND WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY PERHAPS 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE SEEN TODAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2:32 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:20 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 37 hr |
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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.