Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2011, 9:12 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jan 19, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2011, 9:12 AM PST (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2011, 6:36 PM PST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 3735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225 WWUS75 KVEF 191712 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 912 AM PST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL LESSEN SOMEWHAT LATER TONIGHT THEY WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-200115- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.110120T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 912 AM PST WED JAN 19 2011 /1012 AM MST WED JAN 19 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND 4 PM PST/5 PM MST WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH 9 PM PST/10 PM MST ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LESSENING OF WINDS AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...NEEDLES AND LAUGHLIN. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS WITH STRONG CROSSWINDS POSSIBLE ON AREA BRIDGES AND NEAR CANYONS. BOATERS AND OPERATORS OF RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. && $$ STACHELSKI
5 follow-up statements
457 WWUS75 KVEF 200100 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 500 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LESSEN OVERNIGHT BEFORE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-200900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 500 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011 /600 PM MST WED JAN 19 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 LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS DECREASING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVERNIGHT THEN BECOMING SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY... NEEDLES AND LAUGHLIN...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS WITH STRONG CROSSWINDS POSSIBLE ON AREA BRIDGES AND NEAR CANYONS. BOATERS AND OPERATORS OF RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. && $$
990 WWUS75 KVEF 200538 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 938 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASING AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-201300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 938 PM PST WED JAN 19 2011 /1038 PM MST WED JAN 19 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 LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVERNIGHT THEN BECOMING SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS INCREASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY... NEEDLES AND LAUGHLIN...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS WITH STRONG CROSSWINDS POSSIBLE ON AREA BRIDGES AND NEAR CANYONS. BOATERS AND OPERATORS OF RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
159 WWUS75 KVEF 201222 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 422 AM PST THU JAN 20 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-210000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 422 AM PST THU JAN 20 2011 /522 AM MST THU JAN 20 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 LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY... NEEDLES AND LAUGHLIN...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS WITH STRONG CROSSWINDS POSSIBLE ON AREA BRIDGES AND NEAR CANYONS. BOATERS AND OPERATORS OF RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
782 WWUS75 KVEF 202209 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 209 PM PST THU JAN 20 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-210500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 209 PM PST THU JAN 20 2011 /309 PM MST THU JAN 20 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 LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKES MEAD...MOHAVE AND HAVASU...AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY... NEEDLES AND LAUGHLIN...WITH THE MAIN CONCERN BEING SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT ON AREA ROADWAYS WITH STRONG CROSSWINDS POSSIBLE ON AREA BRIDGES AND NEAR CANYONS. BOATERS AND OPERATORS OF RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ON AREA LAKES AND THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
943 WWUS75 KVEF 210236 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 636 PM PST THU JAN 20 2011 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-210345- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110121T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- 636 PM PST THU JAN 20 2011 /736 PM MST THU JAN 20 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY HAVE DECREASED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH MAY CONTINUE TO BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...GUSTY WINDS TO OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.