Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 12, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Oct 22, 2012, 3:17 AM PDT for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Oct 22, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2012, 3:17 AM PDT (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2012, 7:47 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 4:00 PM PDT | SNOW 3 | Lake Sabrina, CA | ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED SINCE THIS MORNING AT LAKE SABRINA AT AN ELEVATION OF 9200 FEET. |
| Oct 22, 5:00 PM PDT | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Wnw Aspendell, CA | A SPOTTER ESTIMATED ABOUT A HALF AN INCH OF SNOW FELL IN ASPENDELL YESTERDAY AROUND 8500 FEET IN ELEVATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WWUS75 KVEF 221017 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 317 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 .A COLD PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...INCLUDING THE OWENS VALLEY...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ519-520-221845- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0014.121022T1500Z-121023T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0012.121022T1800Z-121023T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 317 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN OWENS VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE PEAK TIME FOR HIGH WINDS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: WHITNEY PORTAL...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. GUSTS OVER 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSSWINDS AS WELL AS RAPIDLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ NVZ014-015-017-019-221845- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.121022T1800Z-121023T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 317 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MUCH OF CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE...AS WELL AS PIOCHE... PANACA...CALIENTE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95. MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT...RED ROCK CANYON...KYLE AND LEE CANYONS. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ522-523-221845- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.121022T1800Z-121023T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 317 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...SHOSHONE...DANTES VIEW... FURNACE CREEK. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 395...190...AND 178 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ JA
3 follow-up statements
138 WWUS75 KVEF 221803 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1103 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 .A COLD PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... INCLUDING THE OWENS VALLEY...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ519-520-230300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121023T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1103 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN OWENS VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE PEAK TIME FOR HIGH WINDS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: WHITNEY PORTAL...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. GUSTS OVER 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSSWINDS AS WELL AS RAPIDLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ NVZ014-015-017-019-230300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1103 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA.. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN PEAK BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MUCH OF CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE...AS WELL AS PIOCHE... PANACA... CALIENTE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95. MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT...RED ROCK CANYON...KYLE AND LEE CANYONS. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ522-523-230300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1103 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK.. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE INTO THIS AFTERNOON THEN PEAK DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...SHOSHONE...DANTES VIEW... FURNACE CREEK. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 395...190...AND 178 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
412 WWUS75 KVEF 222224 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 324 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 .A COLD PACIFIC STORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA...INCLUDING THE OWENS VALLEY...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CAZ519-520-230330- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121023T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 324 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN OWENS VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS. * TIMING: THE PEAK TIME FOR HIGH WINDS IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: WHITNEY PORTAL...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. GUSTS OVER 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS ON HIGHWAY 395 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSSWINDS AS WELL AS RAPIDLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND. LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. && $$ NVZ014-015-017-019-230300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 324 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEVADA.. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: MUCH OF CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES INCLUDING THE NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE...AS WELL AS PIOCHE... PANACA... CALIENTE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95. MOUNTAIN SPRINGS SUMMIT...RED ROCK CANYON...KYLE AND LEE CANYONS. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ522-523-230300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 324 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...SHOSHONE...DANTES VIEW... FURNACE CREEK. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 395...190...AND 178 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
745 WWUS75 KVEF 230247 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 CAZ519-520-231100- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121023T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T1100Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH BELOW CANYON OPENINGS CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ019-231100- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0043.121023T0300Z-121023T1100Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING RED ROCK CANYON...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NVZ014-015-017-230400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH AND FURTHER WEAKENING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. $$ CAZ522-523-230400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HE WIND HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH AND FURTHER WEAKENING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. $$ PIERCE
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in California, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.