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Wind Advisory 58, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2011, 3:16 PM PST for Clark County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Nov 30, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2011, 3:16 PM PST (23:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2011, 7:25 PM PST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 3850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709 WWUS75 KVEF 292316 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY MAINLY FROM THE MID-MORNING HOURS INTO THURSDAY EVENING. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /416 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM...BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY...FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 416 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-300730- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...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 316 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ STACHELSKI
10 follow-up statements
103 WWUS75 KVEF 292321 CCA NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY MAINLY FROM THE MID-MORNING HOURS INTO THURSDAY EVENING. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-300745- /O.COR.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /420 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM...BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY...FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 420 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-300745- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...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 320 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ STACHELSKI
528 WWUS75 KVEF 300727 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR WESTERN INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM... WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /1227 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY STARTING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...THE MORONGO BASIN...NEEDLES...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...MESQUITE...OVERTON...HOOVER DAM... BOULDER CITY...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU CITY... FORT MOHAVE. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1227 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ CAZ522-523-NVZ017>020-301600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...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 1127 PM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND IN PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS...HOWEVER JUST HOW STRONG WINDS GET IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ PIERCE
657 WWUS75 KVEF 301211 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ522-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0500Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF MOUNTAIN RANGES. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: FURNACE CREEK...SCOTTYS CASTLE...SHOSHONE * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND WILL ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO DRIVE WITH ADDED CAUTION DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ017>019-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...RED ROCK CANYON AND THE SHEEP RANGE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ NVZ015-301830- /O.EXB.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...PARTICULARLY AROUND RACHEL AND HIKO. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON STATE RATE 375 AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 93. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CAZ519>521-NVZ014-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111130T1800Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES... AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY ALONG WITH ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY NEVADA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM... WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CAZ523-NVZ020-301830- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0024.111130T1800Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH LIKELY. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO DRIVE WITH ADDED CAUTION DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524>527-NVZ016-021-022-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 411 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /511 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR LAKE MEAD AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TO LAKE HAVASU...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...MORONGO AND CADIZ BASINS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-301830- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 511 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNT ARIZONA. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ JA
205 WWUS75 KVEF 301846 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND TOWARDS THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES BY THE MID-EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO MORE OF A NORTHEAST DIRECTION. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. AN EVEN STRONGER PERIOD OF WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ016-020>022-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-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...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... 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 1046 AM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /1146 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY....THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT ...CAL-NEV-ARI...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1146 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
593 WWUS75 KVEF 302244 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...LONG DURATION WIND EVENT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND TOWARDS THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES BY THE MID-EVENING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO MORE OF A NORTHEAST DIRECTION. THERE WILL LIKELY BE TWO PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS...ONE JUST BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY...AND THEN A MORE PROLONGED PERIOD ON THURSDAY. FOR MOST AREAS...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY. NVZ020-010645- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-525-010645- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND THE MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID- MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT MORE TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016-021-022-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 244 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /344 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING THEN PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER AROUND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ON FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT ...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-010645- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 344 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
247 WWUS75 KVEF 010611 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST MEXICO OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWER VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: EVEN THOUGH NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS EVENING...THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR STRONG GUSTY THROUGH THURSDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THE REST OF TONIGHT. WINDS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE OF A NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THEM...WHICH WILL FAVOR STRONGER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS TODAY INCLUDE 58 MPH AT BISHOP...49 MPH AT INDEPENDENCE AND GOLDFIELD AND 55 MPH AT DYER. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO LESSEN. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MOUNT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: EVEN THOUGH NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS EVENING...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY...WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 58 MPH NEAR PAHRUMP...49 MPH AT INDIAN SPRINGS...51 MPH AT RED ROCK CANYON...42 MPH AT RACHEL. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523-525-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND FORT IRWIN AND IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 74 MPH NEAR FORT IRWIN AND 49 MPH NEAR TWENTYNINE PALMS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING.LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 54 MPH NELLIS AFB...48 MPH NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT...45 MPH MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SEVERAL OTHER STATIONS AROUND 50 MPH NOTED OFF THE LAS VEGAS WEATHERBUG NETWORK. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ016-021-022-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1011 PM PST WED NOV 30 2011 /1111 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...BEFORE SUBSIDING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER ...DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-011430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1111 PM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM MST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAUS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND BE STRONGEST ON THURSDAY...PEAKING IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN DECREASE LATER ON THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ PIERCE
293 WWUS75 KVEF 011210 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA INCLUDING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. CAZ524-011900- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME HIGH FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASS...HALLORAN SUMMIT...BAKER...LUDLOW * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 58 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MOUNTAIN PASS AND BAKER AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE AND LUDLOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. * WINDS: INCREASING WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NORTHEAST WHICH WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MOUNT WHITNEY... THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES...THE SHEEP RANGE...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523-525-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ020-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: PERIODS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... CENTENNIAL HILLS...ALIANTE...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ526-527-NVZ016-021-022-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 410 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /510 AM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY... AND THE CADIZ BASIN OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... ... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-011900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.111201T1600Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 510 AM MST THU DEC 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ JA
000 WWUS75 KVEF 011906 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE MOST OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA INCLUDING THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. CAZ519>522-NVZ014-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: INCREASING WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NORTHEAST WHICH WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR INDIAN SPRINGS AND PAHRUMP WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523>525-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORONGO BASIN WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF OF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: PERIODS OF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE WINDS GET ENHANCED OFF NEARBY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...REMOVE SHINGLES OR BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ526-527-NVZ016-021-022-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1106 AM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /1206 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE CADIZ BASIN. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-020315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1206 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR AREAS IN MOHAVE COUNTY AWAY FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 93 AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS. && $$ STACHELSKI
682 WWUS75 KVEF 012253 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND THE MOST OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. LOW VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF MOHAVE COUNTY. NVZ020-020700- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FZ.A.0001.111203T0900Z-111203T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.FZ.A.0002.111204T0900Z-111204T1400Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH IN MOST AREAS. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS OF 28 TO 32 ARE POSSIBLE IN OUTLYING AREAS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. UP TO 3 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS OF 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WITH UP TO 5 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING POSSIBLE. * TIMING: EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE A FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE IN SUMMERLIN...THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE VALLEY AND NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. ON SUNDAY MORNING...A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN MOST OF THE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON EXCEPT IN AREAS NEAR THE STRIP...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AND IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH LAS VEGAS. * IMPACTS: COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PETS AND ANY ANIMALS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY SUFFER FROM THE COLD WEATHER AND SHOULD BE MOVED INSIDE. SOME PIPES MAY BE AT RISK TO BURST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ AZZ001>003-CAZ526-527-NVZ022-020000- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /353 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF MOHAVE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE CADIZ BASIN. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH. $$ CAZ519>522-NVZ014-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR INYO...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WILL FAVOR HIGHER GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE WHITE AND INYO MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...THE ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY AND THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD ABRUPTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 95 IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ015-017>019-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON RIDGETOPS AS WELL AS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 93...95 AND 160 AND COULD ALSO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR AND DOWNWIND OF DRY LAKE BEDS. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES... REMOVE SHINGLES AND DOWN POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND BEATTY AND HIGHWAY 160 IN THE PAHRUMP VALLEY ON THURSDAY. && $$ CAZ523>525-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS AROUND FORT IRWIN MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF ANY DRY LAKE BEDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ036-NVZ016-021-020500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 253 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /353 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF MESQUITE AS WELL AS IN THE LAUGHLIN- BULLHEAD CITY AREA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATER ON. * LOCATIONS: BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES OVER THE COLORADO RIVER AND ON INTERSTATE 15 WHERE STRONG NORTH CROSSWINDS WILL BE PRESENT. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY...INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION OR AVOID VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STACHELSKI
327 WWUS75 KVEF 020325 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...ALL HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... CAZ519>525-NVZ014-015-017>019-020430- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR INYO COUNTY...THE HIGH DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...SOUTHERN NYE AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT OVERALL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ AZZ036-NVZ016-021-020430- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-111202T0500Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 /825 PM MST THU DEC 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST CLARK AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT OVERALL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ NVZ020-021200- /O.CON.KVEF.FZ.A.0001.111203T0900Z-111203T1400Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.FZ.A.0002.111204T0900Z-111204T1400Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 725 PM PST THU DEC 1 2011 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS OF 28 TO 32 ARE POSSIBLE IN OUTLYING AREAS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. UP TO 3 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS OF 26 TO 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WITH UP TO 5 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING POSSIBLE. * TIMING: EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE A FREEZE SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE IN SUMMERLIN...THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF THE VALLEY AND NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. ON SUNDAY MORNING...A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN MOST OF THE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON EXCEPT IN AREAS NEAR THE STRIP...DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AND IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH LAS VEGAS. * IMPACTS: COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PETS AND ANY ANIMALS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY SUFFER FROM THE COLD WEATHER AND SHOULD BE MOVED INSIDE. SOME PIPES MAY BE AT RISK TO BURST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ PIERCE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Nov 29, 9:50 AM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:50 AM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
950 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2011
.SYNOPSIS...RELATIVELY MILD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WILL
THEN BE SEEN AS A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DIVES INTO SOUTHERN
NEVADA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY
STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN NEVADA AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AREAWIDE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
&&
.UPDATE...A BAND OF CIRRUS CLOUDS CONTINUES TO SINK SOUTHWARD AND
OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING PER SATELLITE. SO THE FORECAST OF
THINGS TRENDING TOWARDS MORE SUN IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON STILL LOOKS GOOD. HIGH TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON ARE A
BIT OF A WILDCARD. WE WILL HAVE WAY MORE SUN THAN WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY BUT WITH WEAK MIXING AND A SHALLOW INVERSION STILL AROUND
SOME LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS MAY NOT WARM MUCH IF AT ALL OVER
YESTERDAY WHILE OTHER SPOTS ESPECIALLY AROUND 3000 FEET OR SO WILL
LIKELY WARM UP. I MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO SOME AFTERNOON HIGHS MAINLY
TO BUMP A COUPLE SPOTS UP A DEGREE OR TWO.
PER THE UPCOMING STORM WE WILL LIKELY BE ISSUING SOME WIND HEADLINES
WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING A BETTER LOOK AT
WHAT TO DO WITH THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES. ONE MAIN CONCERN AFTER
BRIEFLY LOOKING AT THE 12Z GFS WILL BE THE PLUMMETING SNOW LEVELS ON
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS. IF THIS
RUN OF THE GFS IS CORRECT...SNOW MAY PAY A VISIT TO SOME AREAS WHERE
IT IS NOT SEEN THAT OFTEN. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF JUST
HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT THEN...THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
NEED BETTER INVESTIGATING. ANOTHER ISSUE WILL CONTINUE TO CENTER ON
THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND SYSTEM FOR LATER THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.PREVIOUS UPDATE...
345 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2011
.SHORT TERM...A BIG CHANGE IS STILL IN STORE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...MOST OF THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE TRANQUIL
WEATHER THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE EXTENSIVE PLUME OF HIGH CLOUDS THAT HAS BEEN OVER
THE REGION WAS PUSHING SOUTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK SHORTWAVE
THAT WAS MOVING DOWN THROUGH UTAH TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS. THIS
CLEARING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ANOTHER EFFECT FROM
THIS WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BE TO REINFORCE NORTH BREEZES DOWN THE
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...
PARTICULARLY AROUND LAUGHLIN AND BULLHEAD CITY.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE COLD UPPER LOW CURRENTLY CROSSING THE
GULF OF ALASKA 50N/140W. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THEN DIVE DOWN THROUGH NEVADA WEDNESDAY
AND BECOME CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE 00Z
ECMWF/UKMET AND 06Z GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM WHILE THE 00Z GEM GLOBAL AND 00Z/06Z NAM KEEP THE LOW CENTER
FARTHER EAST OVER UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE SAME TIME.
THE FORECAST IS BASED ON THE GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN
FAIRLY CONSISTENT AND THE NAM WAS NOT INCORPORATED. THE INITIAL
IMPACT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING WITH THE
COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO SAY HOW
STRONG GUSTS WILL BE WITH THE FRONT...BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE 45 TO 55
MPH RANGE IS A GOOD BET. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT THEN
INCREASES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD NORTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY A DECREASING TREND THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER
LOW PARKS OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. THE NEXT POTENTIAL
IMPACT WILL BE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
QUADRANT OF THE SYSTEM WHICH THE ECMWF AND GFS STILL DEPICT. THIS
WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET FROM 12Z THURSDAY THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA WHICH SUPPORT THE
WINTER STORM WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. ALSO...LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE OBSERVED LOWER AS SNOW LEVELS DROP TO AROUND
3000 FEET OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA THURSDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...IF THE
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WERE TO END UP A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE EAST
LIKE THE GEM GLOBAL/NAM SOLUTIONS SUGGEST...IT WOULD LEAVE THE AREA
WITHOUT MUCH PRECIPITATION AT ALL. SO...SOME UNCERTAINTY IS STILL
THERE BUT IT IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL OF A SIGNIFICANT
SNOW EVENT.
.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT HAS DECREASED WITH LATEST
MODEL RUNS. AT THE START OF THE EXTENDED FRIDAY MORNING THERE IS
DECENT AGREEMENT IN HAVING THE LOW SITING OVER THE
NEVADA/ARIZONA/CALIFORNIA JUNCTION. FRIDAY MORNING WILL SEE A
CONTINUATION OF THE STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. THEY SHOULD
TAPER OFF LATER FRIDAY. THE MODELS ARE STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN
HAVING THIS LOW EJECT EAST SATURDAY...THOUGH THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES IN TRACK...SPEED AND STRENGTH OF IT. THE GEM AND ECMWF
DROP A SECOND LOW INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH LATE SATURDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO MONDAY WITH A CLOSED LOW SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA OR ARIZONA. I HAVE TRENDED THE FORECAST TOWARDS THE
ECMWF/GEM IDEA. THIS HAS LEAD ME TO INCREASING THE POPS FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY FOR OUR EASTERN AREAS AND TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURES.
RIGHT NOW STILL NOT A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN SECONDARY LOWS
POSITIONING AND MOISTURE CONTENT...SO NOT ALL THAT CONFIDENT IN POP
VALUES I DID PUT OUT OR CLOUD COVER FOR THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF IS
PROGGING -32 TEMPERATURES AT 500MB OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA LATE
SATURDAY...WHICH IS QUITE COLD. IF THE MODELS STAY CONSISTENT ON THE
TRACK AND FEATURES OF THE SECOND LOW THIS WOULD REQUIRED LOWERING
TEMPERATURES AND SNOW LEVELS MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE OUT NOW...ALONG
WITH FINE TUNING THE PRECIPITATION AREAS. AS OF NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
THE WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR MOST OF
THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE VARYING AMOUNTS OF HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND FOLLOW THE
FAIR WEATHER PATTERN OF SOUTHWEST DURING THE NIGHT AND LIGHT AND
VARIABLE DURING THE DAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO NORTHERLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT PASSES THROUGH. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF LOW CEILINGS AND RAIN AS
WELL.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. VARYING AMOUNTS OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE PRESENT. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT AND FOLLOW LOCAL DIURNAL PATTERNS. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY AND THE MOJAVE
DESERT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF IT AND
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND IT. THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AND CHANCES FOR RAIN AND SNOW
WILL ALSO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NVZ015-018-019.
AZ...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING FOR AZZ001.
CA...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...STACHELSKI
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 4:45 AM PST, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 445 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-300800- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- 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-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 445 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2011 /545 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE DOWN THROUGH NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN SET UP ALONG THE CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA BORDER ON THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST ON FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THESE MOUNTAINS. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY BE SEEN OVER THE HIGHER VALLEY LOCATIONS AS WELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE SEEN ON FRIDAY AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY TO THE EAST. THERE ARE NOW INDICATIONS THAT A SECOND AND EVEN COLDER STORM COULD DIVE INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THOUGH THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN ANY DETAILS AT THIS TIME...THIS SCENARIO WOULD BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO INCLUDE MUCH OF THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2:36 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 64 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 13 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:16 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye | 52 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.