Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 56, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2011, 3:46 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Nov 4, 2011, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2011, 3:46 AM MST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2011, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WWUS75 KVEF 041046 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 346 AM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING BUT INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS A PACIFIC STORM MOVES INLAND. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-015-017>019-041200- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-111104T1300Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- 346 AM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. SOUTH WINDS WERE GENERALLY GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SPREAD FROM THE SOUTHERN SIERRA INTO SOUTHWEST NEVADA. $$ AZZ001-003-041700- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0056.111104T1700Z-111105T0100Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 346 AM MST FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF MOHAVE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND REACH THEIR PEAK BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM THEN DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARIZONA. * LOCATIONS: PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...COLORADO CITY... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...PEACH SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$ JA
2 follow-up statements
002 WWUS75 KVEF 041646 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 946 AM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AS A PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AZZ001-003-050100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0056.111104T1700Z-111105T0100Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 946 AM MST FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REACH THEIR PEAK BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM THEN DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARIZONA. * LOCATIONS: PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...COLORADO CITY... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...PEACH SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP. * IMPACTS: 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. 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 EAST-WEST ROADS. && $$
682 WWUS75 KVEF 050033 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 533 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011 AZZ001-003-050145- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0056.000000T0000Z-111105T0100Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 533 PM MST FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. WINDS WERE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING AND GUSTS HAD DROPPED BELOW 40 MPH IN MOST AREAS AS OF 5 PM. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:01 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 23 hr |
Nearby
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.