Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 48, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2011, 2:44 AM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2011, 2:44 AM PDT (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:17 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 6197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
862 WWUS75 KVEF 060944 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 244 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES QUICKLY INTO NORTHERN UTAH. AZZ001-003-NVZ015-061630- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0048.110606T1500Z-110607T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 244 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 /244 AM MST MON JUN 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING WITH THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS75 KVEF 061525 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 825 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES QUICKLY INTO NORTHERN UTAH. AZZ001-003-NVZ015-070000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 825 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 /825 AM MST MON JUN 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA ROADS...AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY FOR ALL MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
494 WWUS75 KVEF 062217 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 317 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 AZZ001-003-NVZ015-062330- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- 317 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 /317 PM MST MON JUN 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN 40 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH THIS EVENING. $$
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.