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Wind Advisory 47, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 4, 2011, 3:40 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 5, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2011, 3:40 PM PDT (22:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 8:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln 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 175 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
- 4218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733 WWUS75 KVEF 042240 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 340 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM JUST OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. CAZ520-NVZ014-050645- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.110605T1800Z-110606T0400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110605T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 340 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN SUNDAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 9 PM PDT. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WIND WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...AND DYER. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. 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. && $$ NVZ015-050645- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.110605T1800Z-110606T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 340 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: RACHEL...PAHRANAGAT VALLEY...RAINBOW CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PIERCE
4 follow-up statements
976 WWUS75 KVEF 050345 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 845 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM JUST OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA AGAIN ON SUNDAY. CAZ520-NVZ014-051100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110605T0400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.110605T1800Z-110606T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 845 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THESE SAME AREAS. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 MPH THE REST OF TONIGHT BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...AND DYER. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ NVZ015-051100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.110605T1800Z-110606T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 845 PM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY NEVADA. * WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING... PEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: RACHEL...PAHRANAGAT VALLEY...RAINBOW CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ JA
482 WWUS75 KVEF 051017 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 317 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA AGAIN TODAY. CAZ520-NVZ014-015-052000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.110605T1800Z-110606T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 317 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND ESMERALAD...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...RACHEL...PIOCHE...PAHRANAGAT VALLEY AND RAINBOW CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$
275 WWUS75 KVEF 051808 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1108 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ520-NVZ014-015-060400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-110606T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 1108 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...PEAKING IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... BEFORE DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...RACHEL...PIOCHE...PAHRANAGAT VALLEY AND RAINBOW CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ PIERCE
226 WWUS75 KVEF 060315 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 815 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 CAZ520-NVZ014-015-060415- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-110606T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- 815 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA... CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN NEVADA. WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING TO LESS THAN 40 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 29 hr |
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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.