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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2011, 3:32 AM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 24, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2011, 3:32 AM PDT (10:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2011, 3:06 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 3010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
021 WWUS75 KVEF 241032 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 332 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 .THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... SOUTHERN INYO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. CAZ522-523-NVZ017-241845- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.110324T2000Z-110325T0500Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 332 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY. * IMPACTS: TRAVELERS ON THE AREA ROADWAYS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY BE FELT AS WELL AS ENCOUNTERING RAPIDLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
238 WWUS75 KVEF 241931 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1231 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 .THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... SOUTHERN INYO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. CAZ522-523-NVZ017-242300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.110324T2000Z-110325T0500Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1231 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY.... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS ON THE AREA ROADWAYS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY BE EXPERIENCED AND RAPIDLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. && $$
023 WWUS75 KVEF 242206 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 306 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 .A FAST MOVING STORM WILL CROSS THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF STRONGER WINDS GUSTS IN THE LEE OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...SPECIFICALLY RED ROCK CANYON TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. CAZ522-523-NVZ017-242315- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110325T0500Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- 306 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUPPORT FOR WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DOES NOT LOOK AS FAVORABLE NOW. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NVZ019-250630- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.110325T0600Z-110325T1700Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 306 PM PDT THU MAR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING RED ROCK CANYON WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN RED ROCK CANYON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY IN EXPOSED AREAS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE EVENING. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM FRIDAY. THE WIND WILL GREATLY DIMINISH AFTER 10 AM FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: KYLE CANYON...LEE CANYON...RED ROCK CANYON...COLD CREEK...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PIERCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:06 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | Clark, Nye | 19 hr |
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.