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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 25, 2009Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona; 4 counties in Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2009, 3:33 PM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona; 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2009, 3:33 PM PDT (22:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2009, 7:18 PM PDT
In force
10 hr
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 22:39 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

Edwards AFB, CA (KEDW), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Edwards AFB, CA at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KVEF 252233
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
333 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH THURSDAY AND BRING STRONG
NORTH WINDS TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND
EASTERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-022-260645-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1900Z-090327T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...
HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
333 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009 /333 PM MST WED MAR 25 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PDT /12 PM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT
/8 PM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PDT /12 PM MST/ TO 8 PM
PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY. 

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH THURSDAY AND BE NEAR THE
FOUR CORNERS AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BRING STRONG NORTH
WINDS WITH IT TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN
NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED VALLEYS SUCH AS THE COLORADO RIVER
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.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 260459
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
959 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS MORE OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER IDAHO THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH
UTAH THURSDAY PUSHING A COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
AND MOJAVE DESERT LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTH WIND WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY WITH GUSTS
UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FROM HOOVER
DAM SOUTH TO LAKE HAVASU CITY. THE WIND WILL START TO SUBSIDE LATE
THURSDAY EVENING.

CAZ524>526-NVZ016>020-261300-
/O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1900Z-090327T0500Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY
959 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR CLARK...SOUTHERN NYE AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS WILL BE
UP TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 35
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 MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

CAZ520-NVZ014-015-261300-
/O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1600Z-090327T0500Z/
OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...
PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL
959 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM PDT THURSDAY.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS WILL
BE UP 45 MPH. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 35
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 MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-022-261300-
/O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1900Z-090327T0500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...
HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
959 PM PDT WED MAR 25 2009 /959 PM MST WED MAR 25 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PDT /12 PM MST/ TO
10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM PDT /12 PM MST/ TO
10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU...MOHAVE VALLEY AND NORTHWEST
ARIZONA. 

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH THURSDAY AND BE NEAR THE
FOUR CORNERS AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
SUSTAINED WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN NORTH TO
SOUTH ORIENTATED VALLEYS SUCH AS THE COLORADO RIVER 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.

$$

PIERCE
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 261140
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
440 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH UTAH TODAY
PUSHING A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE
DESERT. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY FROM HOOVER DAM SOUTH TO LAKE HAVASU CITY. THE WIND WILL
START TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016>022-261800-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1900Z-090327T0500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-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...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
NEEDLES...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
440 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009 /440 AM MST THU MAR 26 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TODAY
TO 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
THIS EVENING FOR CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES IN NEVADA...
EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA.

SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED VALLEYS
SUCH AS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING
CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. THESE WINDS
WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH
COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR
OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE
LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN
PROTECTED COVES.

$$

CAZ520-NVZ014-015-261800-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1600Z-090327T0500Z/
OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...
PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL
440 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEVADA.

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS WILL BE
UP TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 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 MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JA
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 261635
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH UTAH TODAY
PUSHING A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE
DESERT. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH LIKELY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
LINCOLN...SOUTHERN NYE...ESMERALDA COUNTIES AND THE MOUNTAIN
RANGES OF CLARK COUNTY. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITHIN
THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FROM HOOVER DAM SOUTH TO LAKE HAVASU
CITY. THE WIND WILL START TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING.

NVZ014-015-270215-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.090326T1635Z-090327T0500Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. WINDS GUSTING OVER
60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN NARROW GAPS AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET.
BELOW 5000 FEET WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.

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.

$$

NVZ018-019-270215-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1900Z-090327T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.090326T1635Z-090327T0500Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH
WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE STRONGEST
WILL BE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET AND IN PASSES AND GAPS. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

$$

CAZ521-522-270215-
/O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T0500Z/
WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...
SHOSHONE...TECOPA
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT
THAT PASSED LAST NIGHT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS WILL BE
UP TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 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 MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-270215-
/O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.090326T1614Z-090327T0500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...BAKER...MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...
MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...
HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...
HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009 /935 AM MST THU MAR 26 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/
THIS EVENING. 

SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED VALLEYS
SUCH AS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS BOATING
CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. THESE WINDS
WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH
COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...
OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...
AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED
COVES.

$$

CAZ520-270215-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T0500Z/
OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE
935 AM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING
THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WHEN WIND GUSTS WILL
BE UP TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND
35 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 MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KVEF 270218
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
718 PM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR PASTS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

NVZ014-015-018-019-270330-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T0500Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
718 PM PDT THU MAR 26 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INCLUDING THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE.

SINCE LATE AFTERNOON NORTH WINDS HAVE STEADILY BEEN DECREASING IN
THE WARNED AREA. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING
WITH SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
THE REST OF TONIGHT. 

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520>522-524>527-NVZ016-017-020>022-270330-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T0500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
WESTERN GRAND CANYON...LAKE HAVASU...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HUALAPAI RESERVATION...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BAKER...
MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...
BOULDER CITY...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...HOOVER DAM...PRIMM...
JEAN...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
718 PM PDT THU MAR 26 2009 /718 PM MST THU MAR 26 2009/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND
EASTERN CALIFORNIA. 

SINCE LATE AFTERNOON NORTH WINDS HAVE STEADILY BEEN DECREASING IN
THE ADVISORY AREA. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS
EVENING WITH SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH THE REST OF TONIGHT.

$$

PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 4:57 AM PDTFire Weather WatchVEFSan Bernardino10 hr
Mar 25, 3:24 PM PDTRed Flag WarningVEFMohave29 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Nevada, 2009Wind Advisories in California, 2009Wind Advisories in Arizona, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009

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.