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Wind Advisory 49, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2011, 4:21 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jun 16, 2011, 3:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2011, 4:21 AM PDT (11:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2011, 3:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 5601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
549 WWUS75 KVEF 161121 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 421 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 CAZ523-161800- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0049.110616T2200Z-110617T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 421 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 40 MPH BY 3 PM THEN PEAKING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW 40 MPH AFTER 10 PM. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...YERMO...HINKLEY * 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... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG WIND GUSTS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JA
3 follow-up statements
395 WWUS75 KVEF 161709 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1009 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 CAZ523-170215- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0049.110616T2200Z-110617T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1009 AM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 45 MPH BY 3 PM THEN PEAKING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW 40 MPH AFTER 10 PM. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...YERMO...HINKLEY * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG WIND GUSTS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JJ
389 WWUS75 KVEF 170212 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 712 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 CAZ523-170500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-110617T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 712 PM PDT THU JUN 16 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 THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 45 MPH THROUGH 9 PM AND THEN START TO DECREASE TO BELOW 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...YERMO...HINKLEY * 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... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND STRONG WIND GUSTS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
416 WWUS75 KVEF 170506 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1006 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 CAZ523-170615- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-110617T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1006 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MOJAVE DESERT IN WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 10:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 56 min |
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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.