Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 40, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2007, 3:41 PM PST for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Dec 7, 2007, 3:48 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2007, 3:41 PM PST (23:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2007, 3:48 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2007, 5:43 PM PST
- In force
- 14 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 23:40 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 062341 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 341 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS FRIDAY... CAZ523>526-071200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.071207T1800Z-071208T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 341 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING. $$ JGA
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 071157 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 357 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS FRIDAY... CAZ523>526-072000- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.071207T1148Z-071208T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 357 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS ALREADY SHOWING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 071751 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 951 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 AZZ001-003-036-NVZ016>022-072300- /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-071207T2300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-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...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... 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 951 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 /1051 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ523>526-072300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-071208T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 951 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...WILL BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD...AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. $$ JGA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 072302 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 302 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 AZZ001-003-036-NVZ016>022-080015- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-071207T2300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-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...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... 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 302 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 /402 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. NUMEROUS SENSORS INDICATED A DECREASING TREND IN WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON AND WIDESPREAD GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WILL BE COMMON BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ523>526-080400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-071208T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 302 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. $$ JGA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 080143 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 543 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 CAZ523>526-080245- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-071208T0400Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER... MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS 543 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOJAVE DESERT...MORONGO BASIN...AND CADIZ BASIN. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DECREASING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. WINDS ARE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS DOWNWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:33 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 13 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:33 PM PST | Snow Advisory | VEF | Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.