Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Apr 26, 2012, 4:39 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 4:39 PM PDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:42 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 84 | Oak Creek Raws, CA | |
| Apr 26, 5:30 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lone Pine, CA | THE INYO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FEW TREES AND LIMBS WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY HIGH WINDS IN LONE PINE. THE EVENT TIME IS AN ESTIMATE. |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Sierra Rotors 10, CA | SIERRA ROTORS SITE NUMBER 10 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 3868 FEET. |
| Apr 26, 5:42 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Oak Creek Raws, CA | A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED BY HIGH WEST WINDS ON HIGHWAY 395 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE. DENSE BLOWING DUST WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY. |
| Apr 26, 6:13 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Independence, CA | CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CLOSED HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES FROM 613 PM UNTIL 832 PM ON 4/26. |
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, 11.7 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WWUS75 KVEF 262339 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 439 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 CAZ519-520-270400- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120427T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0008.120426T2339Z-120427T0400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 439 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 82 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED NORTHWEST OF BISHOP AND GUSTS BETWEEN 70 MPH AND 80 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT WESTERN PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY AND THE ADJACENT SIERRA FOOTHILLS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE VALLEY BETWEEN LONE PINE AND PEARSONVILLE THEN SPEEDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW 40 MPH BY 9 PM. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...BIG PINE...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...PEARSONVILLE AND HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OVER 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. && $$ CAZ523-524-270430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120427T1100Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS 439 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THROUGH THE EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAINS PASS... INTERSTATE 15 AND HIGHWAYS 395 AND 58. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JA
1 follow-up statement
040 WWUS75 KVEF 270345 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 845 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 CAZ519-520-270445- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120427T0400Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 845 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. AUTOMATED SENSORS SHOWED WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY SINCE SUNSET AND THE THREAT OF HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAS ENDED. NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH DOWN THE VALLEY THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ CAZ523-524-271100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120427T1100Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS 845 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THROUGH THE EVENING THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.