Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2007, 10:46 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2007, 10:46 AM PST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2007, 11:30 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 181846 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1046 AM PST THU JAN 18 2007 CAZ520-523-190200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.070118T1846Z-070119T0200Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 1046 AM PST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN OWENS VALLEY AND IN WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. AT 10 AM PST WINDS WERE GUSTING TO NEARLY 60 MPH NEAR HIGHWAY 395 AT THE FIVE MILE STATION THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE OWENS VALLEY. MANY SENSORS AT FORT IRWIN WERE ALSO REPORTING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH. MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN INYO AND NORTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY NORTH LY WINDS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. $$ BELL
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 181914 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1114 AM PST THU JAN 18 2007 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-190315- /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070119T1200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 1114 AM PST THU JAN 18 2007 /1214 PM MST THU JAN 18 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REPORTED ALONG LAKE MEAD AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AT 12 PM MST A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER NEAR BULLHEAD CITY REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH. OTHER SENSORS IN THE AREA WERE REPORTING GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LOCALLY GUST TO OVER 40 MPH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT UNTIL THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO WEAKEN. MOTORISTS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS ALONG LAKE MEAD MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. $$ CAZ520-523-190200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070119T0200Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 1114 AM PST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN OWENS VALLEY AND IN WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. AT 10 AM PST WINDS WERE GUSTING TO NEARLY 60 MPH NEAR HIGHWAY 395 AT THE FIVE MILE STATION THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE OWENS VALLEY. MANY SENSORS AT FORT IRWIN WERE ALSO REPORTING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH. MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN INYO AND NORTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY NORTH LY WINDS WHICH MAY MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. $$ BELL
000 WWUS75 KVEF 190205 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 605 PM PST THU JAN 18 2007 CAZ520-523-190315- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070119T0200Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 605 PM PST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM. WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY STILL SEE GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-191200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070119T1200Z/ 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 605 PM PST THU JAN 18 2007 /705 PM MST THU JAN 18 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH HIGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT UNTIL THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO WEAKEN. MOTORISTS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS ALONG LAKE MEAD MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 190730 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1130 PM PST THU JAN 18 2007 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-190830- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070119T1200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...NEEDLES... LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM 1130 PM PST THU JAN 18 2007 /1230 AM MST FRI JAN 19 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...BUT ARE GENERALLY 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.