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Snow Advisory 7, NWS Las Vegas, NV

January 27, 20084 counties in Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this snow advisory at Jan 27, 2008, 3:45 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2008, 3:45 PM PST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 2008, 4:00 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 306 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2008-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2008-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Jan 27, 3:15 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:15 PM PST, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 5:46 AM PST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
546 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-280800-
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-
546 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008 /646 AM MST SUN JAN 27 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY WITH
VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
TODAY FOR MANY OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS...AND FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE DESERTS. PLEASE REFER TO
PRODUCTS RNOWSWVEF AND RNOFFAVEF FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT
RNONPWVEF FOR MORE DETAILS. AS THE MAIN STORM MOVES AWAY
MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
AFTER A LULL TUESDAY...ANOTHER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY...BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO BE MUCH WEAKER THAN THE CURRENT
STORM. YET ANOTHER STORM MAY ARRIVE NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:10 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchVEFClark, Lincoln, Nye36 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Nevada, 2008Every snow advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.