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Wind Advisory 51, NWS Las Vegas, NV

June 28, 20114 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 28, 2011, 3:46 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jun 29, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2011, 3:46 PM PDT (22:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 29, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 29, 2011, 10:03 PM PDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2011-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2011-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
6407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

999 
WWUS75 KVEF 282246
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
346 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING...EVEN STRONGER
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY OVER A LARGER AREA...

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM NEAR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN NEVADA BY LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND INYO COUNTY
CALIFORNIA...WHILE EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY
ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT.

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017>019-290700-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-110629T0400Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...
SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...
RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
346 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NYE
COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...DEATH VALLEY
NATIONAL PARK...OWENS VALLEY...SHEEP RANGE AND SPRING MOUNTAINS
...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. ON
  WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO
  55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING....THEN
  DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY
  THE LATE MORNING HOURS...PEAK IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DECREASING IN THE
  LATE EVENING HOURS.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...LONE PINE...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY...PAHRUMP...RACHEL...PIOCHE...
  INDIAN SPRINGS...KYLE CANYON...RED ROCK CANYON...FURNACE CREEK.

* 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...
ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

&&

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ016-020>022-290700-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
346 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011 /346 PM MST TUE JUN 28 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT
/11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTY...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA...AND THE HIGH DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND
MOHAVE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO
11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY...PEAK IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
  HOURS...DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...MESQUITE...LAUGHLIN...LAKE MEAD
  NRA...KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...LAKE HAVASU
  CITY...NEEDLES...BAKER...BARSTOW...YUCCA VALLEY AND TWENTYNINE
  PALMS.

* 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

  BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
  WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
  WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH
  WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
  SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
  PROTECTED AREAS.

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
5 follow-up statements
840 
WWUS75 KVEF 290354
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
854 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
NEVADA BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
DECREASE OVERNIGHT THEN STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT.

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017>019-291100-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-110629T0400Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...
SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...
RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
854 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
THE OWENS VALLEY...ESMERALDA...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...
WESTERN CLARK COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL
PARK...THE SHEEP RANGE AND SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS: WIDESPREAD SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON
  WEDNESDAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45
  TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS
  WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAK IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN
  DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...LONE PINE...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY...
  PAHRUMP...RACHEL...PIOCHE... INDIAN SPRINGS...KYLE CANYON...
  RED ROCK CANYON...FURNACE CREEK.

* 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 DANGER OF THESE WINDS...
ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

&&

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ016-020>022-291100-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
854 PM PDT TUE JUN 28 2011 /854 PM MST TUE JUN 28 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO
11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO
11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN CLARK
COUNTY...THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...THE HIGH DESERT
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY...PEAK 
  IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  DECREASE BY LATE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...MESQUITE...LAUGHLIN...LAKE MEAD NRA... 
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...LAKE HAVASU CITY...NEEDLES...
  BAKER... BARSTOW...YUCCA VALLEY AND TWENTYNINE PALMS. 

* 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. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF
  LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH
  MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG CROSS
WINDS AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES NEAR FAVORABLE AREAS SUCH AS DRY
LAKE BEDS.

BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
PROTECTED AREAS.

&&

$$

JA
131 
WWUS75 KVEF 291036
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
336 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL
OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-291900-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...
FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...
SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...
RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
336 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011 /336 AM MST WED JUN 29 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
NEVADA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND
MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...
  DECREASING BY LATE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...LONE PINE...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY...PAHRUMP...
  RACHEL...PIOCHE...INDIAN SPRINGS...KYLE CANYON... RED ROCK
  CANYON...FURNACE CREEK...LAS VEGAS...MESQUITE...LAUGHLIN...LAKE
  MEAD NRA...KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...LAKE HAVASU CITY...
  NEEDLES...BAKER...BARSTOW...YUCCA VALLEY AND TWENTYNINE PALMS.

* 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. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN 
  WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH 
  WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG CROSS WINDS
AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES NEAR FAVORABLE AREAS SUCH AS DRY LAKE
BEDS.

BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE
OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS.

&&

$$
477 
WWUS75 KVEF 291625
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
925 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL
OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-300600-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.110629T1800Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...
FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...
SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...
RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
925 AM PDT WED JUN 29 2011 /925 AM MST WED JUN 29 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA..

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY EVENING HOURS...DECREASING BY LATE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...LONE PINE...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY...
  PAHRUMP... RACHEL...PIOCHE...INDIAN SPRINGS...KYLE CANYON... 
  RED ROCK CANYON...FURNACE CREEK...LAS VEGAS...MESQUITE...
  LAUGHLIN...LAKE MEAD NRA...KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...LAKE 
  HAVASU CITY... NEEDLES...BAKER...BARSTOW...YUCCA VALLEY AND 
  TWENTYNINE PALMS.

* 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. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN 
  WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH 
  WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG CROSS WINDS
AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES NEAR FAVORABLE AREAS SUCH AS DRY LAKE
BEDS.

BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE
OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS.

&&

$$
045 
WWUS75 KVEF 292206
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
306 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2011

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL
NEVADA TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND
MOJAVE DESERT.

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-300600-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...
FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...
SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...
RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
306 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2011 /306 PM MST WED JUN 29 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND 
  EARLY EVENING HOURS...DECREASING BY LATE EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...LONE PINE...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY... 
  PAHRUMP... RACHEL...PIOCHE...INDIAN SPRINGS...KYLE CANYON... 
  RED ROCK CANYON...FURNACE CREEK...LAS VEGAS...MESQUITE... 
  LAUGHLIN...LAKE MEAD NRA...KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...LAKE 
  HAVASU CITY... NEEDLES...BAKER...BARSTOW...YUCCA VALLEY AND 
  TWENTYNINE PALMS. 

* 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. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN 
  WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH 
  WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF STRONG CROSS WINDS
AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES NEAR FAVORABLE AREAS SUCH AS DRY LAKE
BEDS.

BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE
OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS.

&&

$$
424 
WWUS75 KVEF 300503
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1003 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2011

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ520-522>527-NVZ014>022-300615-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-110630T0600Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-OWENS VALLEY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
1003 PM PDT WED JUN 29 2011 /1003 PM MST WED JUN 29 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA. WIND GUSTS
HAVE DECREASED BELOW 40 MPH AT THE MAJORITY OF OBSERVING SITES
AROUND THE REGION AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT
AND BECOME LIGHT BY THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:57 PM PDTRed Flag WarningVEFClark, Lincoln, Nye30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.