Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Jan 29, 2008, 3:20 PM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 8:24 PM PST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 3:20 PM PST (23:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2008, 8:24 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 2316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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 292320 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 320 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AS IT MOVES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-300700- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0003.080130T0500Z-080130T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0002.080130T0500Z-080130T1400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 320 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY AS WEST WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA EARLY THIS EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET AND GUSTS TO OVER 60 MPH ARE LOOKED FOR ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY BY LATE EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THESE HIGH WINDS COULD CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KVEF 300424 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 824 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS IT MOVES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-301230- /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.W.0002.080130T0424Z-080130T1400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 824 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY OF INYO COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED OBSERVATION SITE IN OAK CREEK AND OTHER SENSORS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS WEST OF INDEPENDENCE BEGIN REPORTING WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR EVEN STRONGER DOWNSLOPE WINDS THE REST OF TONIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY. WEST WIND GUSTS OVER 80 MPH ARE LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET AND GUSTS TO OVER 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ523>526-301230- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.080130T0600Z-080131T0000Z/ 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 824 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...EXCLUDING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. WEATHER SENSORS INDICATE WEST WINDS HAVE STARTED TO INCREASE ACROSS FAR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES FORT IRWIN. 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. $$ PIERCE
000 WWUS75 KVEF 301134 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 334 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...STRONG WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME NORTHWEST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TO THE ROCKIES. CAZ519-520-301400- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 334 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY...MAINLY SOUTH OF LONE PINE. WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OWENS VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING AS DOWNSLOPE WINDS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. NORTH WINDS HAD DEVELOP FROM BISHOP DOWN THROUGH LONE PINE BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM AND THE THREAT OF STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAS DECREASED FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE OWENS VALLEY. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 SOUTH OF LONE PINE UNTIL 6 AM...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ523>526-301500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080131T0000Z/ 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 334 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. AUTOMATED SENSORS HAD RECORDED WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE BARSTOW AND FORT IRWIN AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ADVISORY AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY BECOMING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES BARSTOW...DAGGETT AND FORT IRWIN. 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. $$ JGA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 301400 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 600 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...STRONG WINDS OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AND BECOME NORTHWEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TO THE ROCKIES. CAZ519-520-301500- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE 600 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. NORTH WINDS HAD DEVELOPED DOWN THROUGH THE ENTIRE OWENS VALLEY THIS EARLY THIS MORNING AND THE THREAT OF STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAD DIMINISHED. NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE OWENS VALLEY THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY A DECREASING TREND IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ CAZ523>526-301800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080131T0000Z/ 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 600 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. AUTOMATED SENSORS HAD RECORDED WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE BARSTOW AND FORT IRWIN AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE ADVISORY AREA BEFORE GRADUALLY BECOMING NORTHWEST AND DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES BARSTOW...DAGGETT AND FORT IRWIN. 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. $$ JGA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:34 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 12 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.