Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 9:14 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2011, 9:14 PM PDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2011, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 4347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WWUS75 KVEF 030414 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 NVZ017-030700- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110403T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.110403T0414Z-110403T0700Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND 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... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && 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. && $$ AZZ001-NVZ015-018-030515- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110403T0400Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 /914 PM MST SAT APR 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...LINCOLN COUNTY...AND THE SHEEP RANGE. ALTHOUGH LOCAL WIND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 9 PM THIS EVENING. $$ AZZ036-NVZ021-030515- /O.EXP.KVEF.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110403T0400Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 /914 PM MST SAT APR 2 2011/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE MEAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. ALTHOUGH LOCAL SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WINDS STEADY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT. THUS THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 9 PM PDT / MST THIS EVENING. $$ NVZ019-031200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110403T1200Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE TERRAIN OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS IN OF THE RED ROCK CANYON CONSERVATION AREA. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN SPEEDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON ROADS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS THE RED ROCK LOOP AND HIGHWAY 159. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ CAZ523-031200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110404T0100Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 914 PM PDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE A DECREASING OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND 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... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
234 WWUS75 KVEF 030706 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1206 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2011 NVZ017-030815- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110403T0700Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1206 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH 2 AM SUNDAY MORNING...BUT WIDE SPREAD WINDS MEETING ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ NVZ019-031200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110403T1200Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1206 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE TERRAIN OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS IN OF THE RED ROCK CANYON CONSERVATION AREA. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON ROADS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...SUCH AS THE RED ROCK LOOP AND HIGHWAY 159. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ CAZ523-031300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110404T0100Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1206 AM PDT SUN APR 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LOCAL GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$
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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.