Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 16, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Oct 10, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT for Inyo County, California; Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 10, 2008, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 8 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
- Oct 10, 2008, 12:00 PM PDT (19:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2008, 4:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2008, 3:48 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Sse Independence, CA | GUST RECORDED AT SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 9. |
| Oct 10, 4:42 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 5 Nw Independence, CA | A 50 MPH PEAK WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE OAK CREEK RAWS SITE. GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE FROM 342 PM TO 742 PM. |
| Oct 10, 5:00 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Se Independence, CA | GUST RECORDED AT SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 10. |
| Oct 10, 5:45 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 3 Nne Desert Rock (Nts, NV | |
| Oct 10, 5:52 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | Desert Rock Airport, NV | |
| Oct 10, 5:54 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | W Tonopah Range (Kbjn), NV | |
| Oct 10, 6:20 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 Wsw Independence, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 1 RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 55 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 5697 FEET. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER WERE RECORDED FROM 530 PM THROUGH 730 PM. |
| Oct 10, 9:14 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Tonopah Range (Kbjn), NV | A PEAK WIND GUST OF 51 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE KBKN ASOS ON THE TONOPAH RANGE AREA OF THE NEVADA TEST SITE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH GREATER WERE OBSERVED AT THIS LOCATION FROM 556 PM TO 1056 PM. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 101900 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 .ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA...AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM INTENSIFIES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. CAZ522-NVZ014-110300- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0019.081010T2300Z-081011T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0016.081010T2300Z-081011T1400Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY AND DEATH VALLEY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNING AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS IS LIKELY WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NVZ020-110300- /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T1000Z-081011T1900Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH IN THE EARLY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD APPROACH 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NVZ017-110300- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0019.081010T2300Z-081011T1300Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T0100Z-081011T1400Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS AT THE MOUTH OF NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NVZ015-110300- /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T0100Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS AT THE MOUTH OF NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-022-110300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-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... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 /1200 PM MST FRI OCT 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...MOJAVE DESERT...MORONGO BASIN...NORTHEAST CLARK AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL RAISE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 93... 95...395 AND 62. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ519-102300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081010T2300Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS EVENT ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. LOCAL WEST WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. THE DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL END THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES IN...BRINGING GUSTY NORTH WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 TO 49 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 58 TO 69 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ520-110300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1300Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 1200 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE VALLEY...BRINGING NORTH WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH THI AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 102252 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA...AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM INTENSIFIES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. CAZ519-110000- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081010T2300Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AS WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTH AND DECREASED ACROSS THE SIERRA AND EASTERN SLOPES. $$ CAZ522-NVZ014-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0016.081010T2300Z-081011T1400Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR DEATH VALLEY...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE WARNING AREA WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. WINDS GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NVZ020-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T1000Z-081011T1900Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTH WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH IN THE EARLY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD AGAIN APPROACH 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-022-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-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... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 /352 PM MST FRI OCT 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST DESERTS...MOJAVE DESERT...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL RAISE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 93... 95...395 AND 62. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CAZ520-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1300Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY. A STRONG COLD FRONT PRESSING THROUGH THE VALLEY...WILL CONTINUE TO BRING NORTH WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SATURDAY MORNING BUT BECOME BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NVZ015-017-110500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T0100Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 352 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS AT THE MOUTH OF NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 110220 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA...AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. CAZ520-111030- /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1300Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS UPGRADED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OENS VALLEY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT SATURDAY. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND 11 PM. AT LEAST THREE REMOTE WEATHER STATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECORDED GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER NEAR INDEPENDENCE. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY AFTER 11 PM...GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 57 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT IN THE WARNING AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ522-NVZ014-111030- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE WARNING AREA WITH STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. WINDS GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NVZ020-111030- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T1000Z-081011T1900Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO TAKE EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH IN THE EARLY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD APPROACH 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-022-110700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-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... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 /720 PM MST FRI OCT 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGH DESERT OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL RAISE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 93... 95...AND ROUTE 66. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NVZ015-017-111030- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 720 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 110604 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA...AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. CAZ520-110715- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1300Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT SIERRA SLOPES BUT GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED WARNING OR ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CAZ522-110715- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN DEATH VALLEY BUT GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED WARNING CRITERIA. $$ NVZ020-111415- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T1000Z-081011T1900Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GIVE WAY TO STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. GUSTS COULD INITIALLY APPROACH 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN VALLEY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ524>526-NVZ016-022-110715- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 /1104 PM MST FRI OCT 10 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT WIND SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO EXCEED ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ NVZ014-111400- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE NEVADA TEST SITE...UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE WARNING AREA WITH STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. WINDS GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NVZ015-017-111400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ523-110715- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 1104 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOJAVE DESERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOJAVE DESERT UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL RAISE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 110651 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1151 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL ALSO PRECEDE THE FRONT OVER THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA BUT WIND SPEEDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. CAZ523-110800- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN 1151 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE HIGH DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BUT WIND SPEEDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ NVZ014-111400- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1151 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE WARNING AREA WITH STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. WINDS GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE NEVADA TEST SITE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NVZ015-017-111400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1151 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND IT. GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED CANYONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NVZ020-111500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.081011T1000Z-081011T1900Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 1151 PM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GIVE WAY TO STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. GUSTS COULD INITIALLY APPROACH 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN VALLEY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. AFTER THE INITIAL SURGE OF COLD AIR...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BUT DIMINISH INTO THE 20-30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH AND...OR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
000 WWUS75 KVEF 111048 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 348 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 NVZ014-111800- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0043.081011T1048Z-081012T0100Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 348 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASED OVERNIGHT BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SPEEDS GENERALLY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ NVZ020-111200- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1900Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY 348 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. $$ NVZ015-017-111200- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 348 AM PDT SAT OCT 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CLARK...SOUTHERN NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ JGA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 warning went out at Oct 10, 10:00 AM PDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 10:00 AM PDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1000 AM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008
.SYNOPSIS...AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING
WIND...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW TO THE REGION TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
OFF TO THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING A WARMING TREND AND A
RETURN TO MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS.
&&
.UPDATE...SENDING AN ZONE UPDATE GENERALLY JUST FOR SKY SINCE THERE
IS LESS CLOUDS UP NORTH THAN FORECAST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE
RUNNING 15 TO 20 DEGREES COOLER THAN 24 HRS AGO BUT SOME OF THAT IS
JUST DUE TO A COOLER START THIS MORNING AND EXPECT THAT SOME OF THE
SLACK WILL BE MADE UP WITH SUNNY SKIES AND GOOD MIXING. THE WIND
FORECAST COULD BE TRICKY TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY OFFICIALLY BEGINS
AT NOON BUT SOME AREAS TO THE WEST COULD START BLOWING EARLIER. THE
STRONGEST WINDS IN THE VEGAS VALLEY ITSELF WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF
UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN LAST THROUGH THE EVENING.
ALSO...WILL WAIT FOR THE LOCAL NMM MORNING DATA BEFORE MAKING A
DECISION ON THE HIGH WIND WATCH NORTHWEST OF THE AREA AND THE WIND
ADVISORY IN THE SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...A STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY WILL ALLOW WINDS TO GENERALLY BE VARIABLE TO EAST AROUND
6-8KTS THROUGH 20Z. A STRONGER PUSH OF COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK
SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST 15-25 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 35-40 KTS AHEAD OF THIS MUCH
STRONGER COLD FRONT. THIS SECOND FRONT WILL BE MARKED BY AN INCREASE
IN CLOUDS WITH SCT-BKN CLOUDS EXPECTED AOA 10K FEET. THIS SECOND
FRONT IS FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH BETWEEN 9Z AND 12Z SATURDAY OF
WHICH AFTERWARDS WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15-20 KTS
WITH GUSTS OF 30-35 KTS.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE ACROSS THE AREA THE
NEXT TWO DAYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS. EXPECT
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35-40 KTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW
ACROSS THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS AND AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL REDUCE VSBY TO MVFR LEVELS OR
LOWER. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35-45 KTS GENERALLY ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TOMORROW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND HERE AS WELL
BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE REDUCING VSBY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPPING
SOUTHWARD WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
BETTER CHANCE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. CIGS LOWERING TO 6K-8K FEET OR
LOWER ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH MTS BEING OBSCURED. SNOW LEVELS ARE
FORECAST TO LOWER 4500 FEET NORTH TO 5500 FEET SOUTH BY SATURDAY
NIGHT...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SHOWERY IN NATURE.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...438 AM PDT...
.SHORT TERM...VERY COMPLEX SITUATION CONTINUES THIS MORNING SO WILL
JUST HIT THE HIGH POINTS. WIND ADVISORIES FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA
SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY THIS MORNING ARE FOR WEAK DOWNSLOPE
CONDITIONS AS DEPICTED IN NMM AND ARW MODEL CROSS SECTIONS. AS THE
SECOND COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THERE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING THE
DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL END...BUT STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL FUNNEL DOWN
THE OWENS VALLEY...SO LEFT THE ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR THE VALLEY
UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT...WIND
ADVISORIES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE FOR
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE WEAKENING FIRST COLD FRONT
WHICH HAD NEARLY STALLED OVER THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS MORNING.
OVER THE NEVADA TEST SITE AND DEATH VALLEY...HIGH WIND WATCH THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IS FOR A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE
SECOND COLD FRONT. ALL THIS REPRESENTS BEST GUESS FOR WINDS THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SOME PRODUCTS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN
TIME OR EXPANDED IN AREA. REGARDING PRECIP...POPS HAVE BEEN RAISED
TO HIGH CHANCE/LOW LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND THIS LOOKS GOOD GIVEN THE RAPIDLY RISING
ISENTROPES AND IMPLIED LIFT AS THE COLD LOW MOVES IN. STILL NOT
EXPECTING HEAVY PRECIP AMOUNTS AS THERE IS NO MOISTURE TAP.
TEMPERATURES WILL START TO CRASH TODAY AND CONTINUE ON
SATURDAY...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
.LONG TERM...A TIGHT SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN THE DEPARTING SYSTEM TO
OUR EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THE ELY-EED SFC
P-GRAD IS PROGGED TO BE AROUND 10 MB...ENOUGH TO KEEP GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND THROUGH THE DAY ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY WHERE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. WITH
A COOL NORTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.
BY TUESDAY SFC P-GRADS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA BUT
THERE STILL LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT TO KEEP IT BREEZY DOWN
THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. OTHERWISE TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND
ACROSS THE AREA AS AN UPPER RIDGE POKES IN FROM THE WEST. THIS RIDGE
WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY A SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT MOVES BY ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER THE RIDGE LOOKS TO REBUILD BY THURSDAY
AS THE TROUGH DEPARTS TO THE EAST. WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS PROGGED TO
APPROACH 588 DM NEAR LAS VEGAS BY THURSDAY...TEMPS WILL EASILY REACH
ABOVE NORMAL READINGS AND REMAIN WARM INTO FRIDAY.
OUR NEXT SYSTEM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE
JETSTREAM. BOTH THE 00Z RUNS OF THE ECMWF AND OPERATIONAL GFS SHOW
THIS FEATURE BUT DISAGREE ON TIMING. FOR NOW...I HAVE BROUGHT IN AN
INCREASE IN CLOUDS AS EARLY AS FRIDAY AFTERNOON BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
THE BETTER SHOT AT PRECIP WILL COME IN A SHORT WINDOW WHEN IT PASSES
THROUGH SOMETIME SATURDAY. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM BEING A
SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM IT LOOKS TO HAVE A BETTER MOISTURE TAP WITH
IT BUT LACK ENOUGH UPPER SUPPORT TO BE A WIND EVENT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AGAIN TODAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
ALSO EXPECTED...SO ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR AZ102...CA228 AND
NV465. HIGHER HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO
UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES. ON MONDAY...LOW RH LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED AREAWIDE...HOWEVER THE ONLY AREA THAT COULD SEE CONDITIONS
APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS WOULD BE ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
WHERE GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER. &&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WIND ADVISORY ZONES 16...20 AND 22 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL
MIDNIGHT PDT.
HIGH WIND WATCH ZONES 14 AND 17 FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
RED FLAG WARNING FIRE ZONE 465 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM PDT.
AZ...WIND ADVISORY ZONES 1 AND 3 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST.
RED FLAG WARNING FIRE ZONE 102 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM MST.
CA...WIND ADVISORY ZONE 519 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT.
WIND ADVISORY ZONE 520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT SATURDAY.
WIND ADVISORY ZONES 523 THROUGH 526 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL
MIDNIGHT PDT.
HIGH WIND WATCH ZONE 522 FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
RED FLAG WARNING FIRE ZONE 228 TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM PDT.
&&
SALMEN/GORELOW/MORGAN/STACHELSKI
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 6:10 AM PDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 610 AM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-110700- 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- 610 AM PDT FRI OCT 10 2008 /610 AM MST FRI OCT 10 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY. WIND ADVISORIES AND A HIGH WIND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE AREA...AND A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. FOR DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCTS RNONPWVEF AND RNORFWVEF. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE BIG STORM WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BRINGING UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE AND CHANCES FOR VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY ON MONDAY...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER. DRIER WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR HIGH WINDS. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO 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 10, 3:55 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 8 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:55 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:56 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino, Tulare | 18 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nevada, 2008High Wind Warnings in California, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.