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High Wind Warning 22, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Nov 29, 2011, 3:16 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Nov 30, 2011, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 33 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2011, 3:16 PM PST (23:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2011, 7:25 PM PST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties 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), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 11:40 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Bishop Airport, CA | |
| Nov 30, 12:45 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bishop, CA | SPOTTER REPORTS TREES FALLING ON POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD DUST IN THE AIR. SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. |
| Nov 30, 12:56 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bishop Airport, CA | |
| Nov 30, 12:59 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Dyer, NV | SPOTTER IN THE FISH LAKE VALLEY REPORTS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BLOWING DUST HAS REDUCED VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. WINDS STARTED ABOUT 1215 PM. |
| Nov 30, 1:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Amargosa Valley, NV | THE CO-OP OBSERVER IN AMARGOSA VALLEY REPORTED HIGH WINDS FROM 1 PM TO 3 PM CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO OLDER ROOFS AND METAL BUILDINGS. SEVERAL TREES ALSO WERE KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Nov 30, 1:23 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Bishop Airport, CA | THIS SET AN ALL-TIME NOVEMBER RECORD WIND GUST FOR THE BISHOP AIRPORT. |
| Nov 30, 1:24 PM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 45 | Bishop Airport, CA | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH WERE MEASURED AT THE BISHOP AIRPORT. |
| Nov 30, 1:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Sierra Rotors 09, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 9 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 65 MPH AN ELEVATION OF 4061 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 1:45 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bishop, CA | BISHOP PD REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| Nov 30, 1:50 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Sierra Rotors 14, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 14 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 64 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 4044 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 1:50 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Sierra Rotors 10, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 10 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 69 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 3868 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Sierra Rotors 11, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 11 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 69 MPH AT ELEVATION OF 3761 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 2:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Sierra Rotors 15, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 15 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 69 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 3727 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 2:10 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Sierra Rotors 08, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 8 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 59 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 4724 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 2:42 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Owens Valley Raws, CA | OWENS VALLEY RAWS MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 61 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 4900 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 3:26 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Lone Pine, CA | A SPOTTER ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN LONE PINE ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1 TO 1.5 MILES. POWER WAS ALSO OUT IN LONE PINE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. |
| Nov 30, 4:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Death Valley Juncti, CA | THE PARK SERVICE REPORTED THAT A LARGE METAL MILE MARKER SIGN BLEW DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 190 WEST OF DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION. THE EVENT TIME IS AN ESTIMATE. |
| Nov 30, 4:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Panamint Springs, CA | A GAS STATION SIGN WAS BENT OVER AND DAMAGED BY HIGH WINDS IN PANAMINT VALLEY. A LARGE WOODEN SIGN WAS ALSO BLOWN OVER. |
| Nov 30, 4:26 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Rachel, NV | 67 MPH GUST REPORTED AT THE LITTLE ALE INN. |
| Nov 30, 5:30 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Las Vegas, NV | FOUR DISTRIBUTION LINES DISRUPTED BY THE STRONG WIND AFFECTED NEARLY 5000 NV ENERGY CUSTOMERS WITH POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Nov 30, 5:54 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 0 | Bicycle Lake Airfield, CA | BICYCLE LAKE ASOS REPORTS 58 MPH WIND AT 554 PM PST. |
| Nov 30, 5:54 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bicycle Lake Airfield, CA | BICYCLE LAKE ASOS REPORTS 58 MPH WIND AT 554 PM PST. |
| Nov 30, 6:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Downtown Las Vega, NV | LAS VEGAS AREA BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED A LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR TONOPAH AVENUE AND NORTH 5TH STREET. |
| Nov 30, 6:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Summerlin, NV | LAS VEGAS AREA BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED AN 18 INCH DIAMETER...35 FOOT TALL TREE WAS UPROOTED IN SUMMERLIN. |
| Nov 30, 6:55 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | Bicycle Lake Airfield, CA | PEAK WIND GUST 74 MPH. SUSTAINED WIND AT TIME OF OBSERVATION 58 MPH FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. |
| Nov 30, 7:29 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 W Pahrump, NV | A PEAK WIND GUST OF 58 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE CW9143 MESONET SITE IN PAHRUMP AT AN ELEVATION OF 2540 FEET. |
| Nov 30, 7:52 PM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | Nellis Afb, NV | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE MEASURED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 43 MPH. |
| Nov 30, 8:01 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Nellis Afb, NV | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 58 MPH. |
| Nov 30, 9:11 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 28 Nne Tonopah, NV | QUIMA PEAK RAWS -- 7984 FT AMSL |
| Nov 30, 10:00 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Alamo, NV | THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STRONG WINDS BLEW A FENCE DOWN IN ALAMO. |
| Dec 1, 2:30 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 0 | W Desert Nwr Raws, NV | 75 MPH GUST REPORTED |
| Dec 1, 2:30 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | W Desert Nwr Raws, NV | 75 MPH GUST REPORTED |
| Dec 1, 2:39 AM PST | SNOW 0 | Big Bear City, CA | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL. |
| Dec 1, 2:39 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Big Bear City, CA | SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 1 E Ontario, CA | VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 3SM IN BLOWING DUST DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. |
| Dec 1, 3:43 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | San Bernardino, CA | LARGE TREE BRANCH BLOCKING THE ON RAMP TO STATE ROUTE 210 AT WATERMAN AVE. |
| Dec 1, 3:47 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 22 Wsw Preston, NV | CURRANT CREEK RAWS -- 5750 FT AMSL |
| Dec 1, 4:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Dec 1, 4:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Pahrump, NV | THE PAHRUMP EMERGENCY MANAGER ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Dec 1, 4:45 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 N Area 9 (Nts A09), NV | A 60 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE CLIMAX MINE MESONET SITE AN ELEVATION OF 5112 FEET. |
| Dec 1, 4:46 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Fontana, CA | BIG RIG OVERTURNED IN THE CENTER DIVIDE OF HIGHWAY 210 AT BEECH AVENUE BLOCKING THE HOV LANE. REPORT CITES EXTREME WINDS. LANES CLOSED UNTIL 0930 PST WHEN TRUCK WAS UPRIGHTED. |
| Dec 1, 4:50 AM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | San Bernardino, CA | HIGH WINDS BEGAN AT THE CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO MESONET STATION BETWEEN 0350 AND 0450 PST. DURING THIS TIME SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WERE RECORDED ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 47 AND 53 MPH. HIGH WINDS ENDED BETWEEN 0450 AND 0550 PST. |
| Dec 1, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 4 Wnw Mt. Charleston, NV | 10.5 INCHES REPORTED BY AUTOMATED SENOR AT LAS VEGAS SKI AND SNOWBOARD RESORT IN THE PAST 9 HOURS. ELEVATION 9387 FEET. |
| Dec 1, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 4 Wnw Mt. Charleston, NV | 10.5 INCHES REPORTED BY AUTOMATED SENOR AT LAS VEGAS SKI AND SNOWBOARD RESORT IN THE PAST 9 HOURS. ELEVATION 9387 FEET. |
| Dec 1, 5:31 AM PST | SNOW 3.2 | 11 Se Big Bear City, CA | 3.25 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL AT ONYX PEAK 8000 FEET ELEVATION. |
| Dec 1, 5:31 AM PST | SNOW 31 | 11 Se Big Bear City, CA | 31/4 INCHES OF SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL AT ONYX PEAK 8000 FEET ELEVATION. |
| Dec 1, 5:51 AM PST | HIGH SUST WINDS 49 | San Bernardino, CA | THE PALM AVENUE ELEMENTARY WEATHER STATION RECORDED SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 49 MPH AROUND 0700 PST. A MAX WIND GUST OF 70 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE SAME STATION AT 0551 PST. |
| Dec 1, 6:26 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Mentone, CA | POWER POLES DOWN ACROSS THE WHOLE STREET ON 3RD AVENUE NEAR THE CRAFTON RESERVOIR. CARS WERE DRIVING OVER THE LINES UNTIL FIRE AND POLICE ARRIVED TO BLOCK OFF THE ROADWAY. ETA FROM EDISON UNKNOWN. |
| Dec 1, 6:46 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw San Bernardino, CA | BOX TRUCK ON ITS SIDE IN THE SLOW LANE OF INTERSTATE 15 NEAR GLEN HELEN PARKWAY. |
| Dec 1, 7:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Pahrump W7las, NV | *** 1 INJ *** NUMEROUS SHINGLES OFF THE ROOFS OF HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PAHRUMP...MAINLY SOUTH OF GAMEBIRD ROAD...AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAHRUMP. ALSO A NUMBER OF POWER LINES FELL DOWN AND STARTED FIRES. SEVERAL TREES ALSO FELL DOWN. AN 82 YEAR OLD WOMAN |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Rancho Cucamonga, CA | SLOW LANE OF HIGHWAY 210 AT DAY CREEK BLVD CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR TO UPRIGHT A SEMI TRUCK. |
| Dec 1, 7:15 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 94 | 4 Sse Pahrump, NV | TRAINED SPOTTER IN PAHRUMP REPORTED A MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF 94 MPH AT 715 AM THIS MORNING...ANOTHER GUST OF 68 MPH AT 800 AM...AND 78 MPH AT NOON. HE REPORTED THAT HIS BOAT WAS FLIPPED OVER...RV WAS TURNED AROUND...AND HE LOST HIS TILE ROOF ON THE GREENHOUSE. |
| Dec 1, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 0 | Jean, NV | A CASINO EMPLOYEE REPORTED A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN IN JEAN AT AN ELEVATION OF 2850 FEET. |
| Dec 1, 7:44 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Crestline, CA | POWER LINES ARE DOWN ACROSS CREST FOREST DRIVE AT SCENIC DRIVE NEAR RIMFOREST. |
| Dec 1, 7:44 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne San Bernardino, CA | POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN THE LANES OF EDGEMONT DRIVE NEAR SAN BERNARDINO. A TREE IS ALSO DOWN. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 0 | Summerlin, NV | SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN IN SUMMERLIN AROUND 3000 FEET IN ELEVATION. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.1 | 5 Sse Henderson Executi, NV | SNOW FELL IN THE MADEIRA CANYON AREA OF ANTHEM AT AN ELEVATION OF 3025 FEET AND LIGHTLY COVERED SOME SURFACES. |
| Dec 1, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.1 | Searchlight, NV | A GAS STATION EMPLOYEE REPORTED A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW IN SEARCHLIGHT AT AN ELEVATIONJ OF 3550 FEET. |
| Dec 1, 8:11 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 28 Nne Tonopah, NV | QUIMA PEAK RAWS -- 7984 FT AMSL |
| Dec 1, 8:24 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | MULTIPLE BIG TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAYS, AS WELL AS FENCES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 3850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709 WWUS75 KVEF 292316 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY MAINLY FROM THE MID-MORNING HOURS INTO THURSDAY EVENING. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /416 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM...BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY...FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 416 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ STACHELSKI
10 follow-up statements
103 WWUS75 KVEF 292321 CCA NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY MAINLY FROM THE MID-MORNING HOURS INTO THURSDAY EVENING. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-300745- /O.COR.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /420 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM...BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY...FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 420 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ STACHELSKI
528 WWUS75 KVEF 300727 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM... WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /1227 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM... BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY... FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1227 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ PIERCE
657 WWUS75 KVEF 301211 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ522-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0500Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF MOUNTAIN RANGES. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: FURNACE CREEK...SCOTTYS CASTLE...SHOSHONE * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND WILL ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO DRIVE WITH ADDED CAUTION DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ017>019-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...RED ROCK CANYON AND THE SHEEP RANGE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ NVZ015-301830- /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...PARTICULARLY AROUND RACHEL AND HIKO. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON STATE RATE 375 AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 93. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CAZ519>521-NVZ014-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES... AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY ALONG WITH ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY NEVADA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM... WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CAZ523-NVZ020-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH LIKELY. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO DRIVE WITH ADDED CAUTION DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /511 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR LAKE MEAD AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TO LAKE HAVASU...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...MORONGO AND CADIZ BASINS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 511 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNT ARIZONA. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ JA
205 WWUS75 KVEF 301846 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND TOWARDS THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES BY THE MID-EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO MORE OF A NORTHEAST DIRECTION. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ016-020>022-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /1146 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY....THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT ...CAL-NEV-ARI...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1146 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
593 WWUS75 KVEF 302244 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND TOWARDS THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES BY THE MID-EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO MORE OF A NORTHEAST DIRECTION. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. NVZ020-010645- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND 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. && $$ CAZ523-525-010645- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND THE MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND 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. && $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016-021-022-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /344 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT ...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 344 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
247 WWUS75 KVEF 010611 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST MEXICO OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWER VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: EVEN THOUGH NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS EVENING...THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR STRONG GUSTY THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THE REST OF TONIGHT. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS TODAY INCLUDE 58 MPH AT BISHOP...49 MPH AT INDEPENDENCE AND GOLDFIELD AND 55 MPH AT DYER. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MOUNT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: EVEN THOUGH NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS EVENING...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY...WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 58 MPH NEAR PAHRUMP...49 MPH AT INDIAN SPRINGS...51 MPH AT RED ROCK CANYON...42 MPH AT RACHEL. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523-525-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND FORT IRWIN AND IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 74 MPH NEAR FORT IRWIN AND 49 MPH NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND 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. && $$ NVZ020-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING.LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 54 MPH NELLIS AFB...48 MPH NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT...45 MPH MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SEVERAL OTHER STATIONS AROUND 50 MPH NOTED OFF THE LAS VEGAS WEATHERBUG NETWORK. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND 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. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016-021-022-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /1111 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...BEFORE SUBSIDING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER ...DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1111 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAUS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND BE STRONGEST ON THURSDAY...PEAKING IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ PIERCE
293 WWUS75 KVEF 011210 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA INCLUDING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. CAZ524-011900- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME HIGH FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASS...HALLORAN SUMMIT...BAKER...LUDLOW * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 58 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MOUNTAIN PASS AND BAKER AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE AND LUDLOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. * WINDS: INCREASING WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NORTHEAST WHICH WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MOUNT WHITNEY... THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES...THE SHEEP RANGE...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523-525-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ020-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: PERIODS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ526-527-NVZ016-021-022-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /510 AM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... AND THE CADIZ BASIN OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... ... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 510 AM MST THU DEC 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ JA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 011906 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE MOST OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA INCLUDING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: INCREASING WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NORTHEAST WHICH WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523>525-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NVZ020-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: PERIODS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES OR BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ526-527-NVZ016-021-022-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /1206 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE CADIZ BASIN. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1206 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS IN MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
682 WWUS75 KVEF 012253 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE MOST OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE COUNTY. NVZ020-020700- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FZ.A.0001.111203T0900Z-111203T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FZ.A.0002.111204T0900Z-111204T1400Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH IN MOST AREAS. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS OF 28 TO 32 ARE POSSIBLE IN OUTLYING AREAS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. UP TO 3 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS OF 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WITH UP TO 5 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING POSSIBLE. * TIMING: EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE A FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE IN SUMMERLIN...THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE VALLEY AND NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. ON SUNDAY MORNING...A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN MOST OF THE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON EXCEPT IN AREAS NEAR THE STRIP...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AND IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH LAS VEGAS. * IMPACTS: COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PETS AND ANY ANIMALS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY SUFFER FROM THE COLD WEATHER AND SHOULD BE MOVED INSIDE. SOME PIPES MAY BE AT RISK TO BURST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ AZZ001>003-CAZ526-527-NVZ022-020000- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /353 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF MOHAVE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CADIZ BASIN. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH. $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR INYO...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON RIDGETOPS AS WELL AS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523>525-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ AZZ036-NVZ016-021-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /353 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF MESQUITE AS WELL AS IN THE LAUGHLIN- BULLHEAD CITY AREA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATE 15 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STACHELSKI
327 WWUS75 KVEF 020325 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...ALL HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... CAZ519>525-NVZ014-015-017>019-020430- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR INYO COUNTY...THE HIGH DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT OVERALL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ AZZ036-NVZ016-021-020430- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /825 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST CLARK AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT OVERALL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ NVZ020-021200- /O.CON.KVEF.FZ.A.0001.111203T0900Z-111203T1400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.FZ.A.0002.111204T0900Z-111204T1400Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS OF 28 TO 32 ARE POSSIBLE IN OUTLYING AREAS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. UP TO 3 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS OF 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WITH UP TO 5 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING POSSIBLE. * TIMING: EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE A FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE IN SUMMERLIN...THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE VALLEY AND NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. ON SUNDAY MORNING...A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN MOST OF THE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON EXCEPT IN AREAS NEAR THE STRIP...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AND IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH LAS VEGAS. * IMPACTS: COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PETS AND ANY ANIMALS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY SUFFER FROM THE COLD WEATHER AND SHOULD BE MOVED INSIDE. SOME PIPES MAY BE AT RISK TO BURST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ PIERCE
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Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2:36 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 64 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 13 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Clark | 52 hr |
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