Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2012, 1:25 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 13, 2012, 1:25 PM PST (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2012, 7:22 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:59 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Mountain Pass, CA | THE MOUNTAIN PASS RAWS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 58 MPH AT 259 PM. |
| Feb 13, 3:50 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Baker, CA | PEAK WIND GUST OF 63 MPH RECORDED BY SPOTTER AT BAKER AIRPORT. |
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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WWUS75 KVEF 132125 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 125 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT TODAY. CAZ523-140600- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.120213T2125Z-120214T0800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 125 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING UPGRADES THE WIND ADVISORY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...YERMO...FORT IRWIN. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND POSSIBLE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. POWER LINES AND TREES CAN BE KNOCKED DOWN BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ AZZ003-CAZ522-524-525-NVZ017-022-140600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 125 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 /225 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND THEN SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: FURNACE CREEK...PAHRUMP...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...SEARCHLIGHT...PRIMM...KINGMAN. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND POSSIBLE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ036-NVZ021-140600- /O.CON.KVEF.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- INCLUDING...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 125 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 /225 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ TONIGHT... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ TONIGHT FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...GENERALLY NORTH OF NEEDLES CALIFORNIA. * IMPACTS: ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
316 WWUS75 KVEF 140322 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 722 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 CAZ523-140430- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- 722 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ003-CAZ522-524-525-NVZ017-022-140430- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 722 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 /822 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF INYO...SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK...AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ036-NVZ021-140430- /O.CAN.KVEF.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120214T0800Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- 722 PM PST MON FEB 13 2012 /822 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN. THEREFORE...THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MORGAN
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.