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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

January 25, 2009San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2009, 7:16 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2009, 7:16 AM PST (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2009, 7:00 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
WWUS75 KVEF 251516
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
716 AM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

CAZ523-NVZ019-252300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.090125T1516Z-090126T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
716 AM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND FOR THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

IN NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. TRAVEL ON
INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS
AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING UP TO
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ON THE EAST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THE DAY
BEFORE SUBSIDING AROUND SUNSET. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD ALSO MAKE
IT INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...POSSIBLY
AFFECTING HIGHWAY 95.

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.

$$

MORGAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS75 KVEF 252201
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
201 PM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

CAZ523-NVZ019-260300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090126T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
201 PM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...UNTIL
7 PM PST THIS EVENING.

IN NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WILL BE
DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING UP TO
45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ON THE EAST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING AROUND SUNSET. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD
ALSO MAKE IT INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY...POSSIBLY AFFECTING HIGHWAY 95.

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.

$$

MORGAN

000 
WWUS75 KVEF 260259
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
659 PM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

CAZ523-NVZ019-260400-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090126T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FT IRWIN...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
659 PM PST SUN JAN 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA AND THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA.

WEST WINDS WERE DECREASING THIS EVENING AND WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH OR LESS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

$$

JA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 3:23 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	VEF	Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.