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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 12, 20084 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind watch at Feb 12, 2008, 2:55 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2008, 2:55 PM PST (22:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2008, 3:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 13, 2008, 11:03 AM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Feb 12, 9:39 AM PST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:39 AM PST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:14 AM PST, 9 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
514 AM PST TUE FEB 12 2008

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-131200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-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-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
514 AM PST TUE FEB 12 2008 /614 AM MST TUE FEB 12 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA...SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
AND MOJAVE DESERT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.
A HIGH WIND WATCH OR WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED IN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 10
TO 15 DEGREES COLDER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A WARMING TREND
OCCURRING OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.