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Wind Advisory 37, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2011, 3:41 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, California. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2011, 3:41 PM PDT (22:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 9:27 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 4163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
028 WWUS75 KVEF 132241 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011 .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ520-522-NVZ014-140645- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.110514T2000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 341 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...FURNACE CREEK...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...DYER. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
900 WWUS75 KVEF 140644 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1144 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011 .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ520-522-NVZ014-141500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.110514T2000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1144 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...AND ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...FURNACE CREEK...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...DYER. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$
427 WWUS75 KVEF 141230 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 530 AM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. CAZ520-522-NVZ014-142300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.110514T2000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 530 AM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AND ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...FURNACE CREEK...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...DYER. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$
547 WWUS75 KVEF 142028 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 128 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE REGION AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. CAZ520-522-NVZ014-150600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 128 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...ESMERALDA COUNTY...AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...FURNACE CREEK...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...DYER. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ MORGAN
760 WWUS75 KVEF 142129 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .STRONG WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...THEN MORE WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ522-NVZ014-150600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0038.110515T1800Z-110516T0300Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0600Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 229 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...ESMERALDA COUNTY...AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523-NVZ015>017-150600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0038.110515T1800Z-110516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 229 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /229 PM MST SAT MAY 14 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...FORT IRWIN...KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...PAHRUMP...MERCURY...PIOCHE...CALIENTE...MESQUITE...AND OVERTON. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ520-150600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA 229 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OWENS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ MORGAN
410 WWUS75 KVEF 150427 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 927 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 .GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA HAVE LESSENED THIS EVENING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ522-NVZ014-151230- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0600Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0038.110515T1800Z-110516T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 927 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. WINDS IN THESE AREAS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS OF 9 PM. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IN THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE WINDS LESSEN AGAIN IN THE LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN TONOPAH AND BEATTY WILL BE AMONG THE ROADS IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && 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. && $$ CAZ520-150530- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY- 927 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE OWENS VALLEY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE OWENS VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO BUT WIDESPREAD ADVISORY LEVEL GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523-NVZ015>017-151230- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0038.110515T1800Z-110516T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 927 PM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /927 PM MST SAT MAY 14 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY...ALL OF NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...ALL OF LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE... PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES FROM BLOWING DUST AND SAND...ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAY 93 FROM NEAR COYOTE SPRINGS NORTHWARD AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 319 AND INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR MOAPA TO THE ARIZONA-UTAH STATE LINE. 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
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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.