Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2011, 10:11 PM PST for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 10:11 PM PST (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2011, 3:11 AM PST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996 WWUS75 KVEF 080611 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1011 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NVZ014-081200- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.110308T0611Z-110308T1200Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1011 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING AROUND 4 AM. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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. && $$ CAZ523-080715- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1011 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ CAZ521-524-525-NVZ017-018-080715- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1011 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...AND THE SHEEP RANGE. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
1 follow-up statement
511 WWUS75 KVEF 081111 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 311 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 NVZ014-081215- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T1200Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- 311 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED. AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO 25 MPH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:10 AM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | VEF | 5 hr |
Nearby
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.