Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind watch at Jan 19, 2012, 2:26 PM PST for Clark County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2012, 2:26 PM PST (22:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 2:29 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 2892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
492 WWUS75 KVEF 192226 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 226 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. AZZ001-003-036-CAZ522>525-NVZ016>022-201400- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0002.120121T1200Z-120122T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...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...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 226 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012 /326 PM MST THU JAN 19 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INYO AND NYE COUNTIES...CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW-DAGGETT...MOUNTAIN PASS...MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON...PAHRUMP...DEATH VALLEY...LAS VEGAS VALLEY... MESQUITE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...KINGMAN. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
814 WWUS75 KVEF 201336 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 536 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. AZZ001-003-036-CAZ522>525-NVZ016>022-210000- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0002.120121T1200Z-120122T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...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...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 536 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 /636 AM MST FRI JAN 20 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS... SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INYO AND NYE COUNTIES...CLARK COUNTY AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY.. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW-DAGGETT...MOUNTAIN PASS...MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON...PAHRUMP...DEATH VALLEY...LAS VEGAS VALLEY... MESQUITE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA... KINGMAN. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. 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. && $$
982 WWUS75 KVEF 202229 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 .STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT AS A STRONG PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND INTO NEVADA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. CAZ523-NVZ019-020-211500- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0002.120121T1200Z-120122T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0002.120121T1500Z-120122T0300Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND 229 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH IN THE DESERT AREAS WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH WINDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PRIMARILY WEST OF RAINBOW BOULEVARD...WILL GUST AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES...WIND GUSTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE VALLEY WILL BE LIMITED MAINLY TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW-DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON...BLUE DIAMOND...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SAND. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ522-524-525-NVZ016>018-021-022-211500- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0002.120121T1200Z-120122T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.120121T1500Z-120122T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 229 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 /329 PM MST FRI JAN 20 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PST /8 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PST /8 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: TWENTY NINE PALMS...MOUNTAIN PASS...PAHRUMP...DEATH VALLEY...MESQUITE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...MOUNT TRUMBULL AND KINGMAN. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND 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. && $$ CAZ520-521-NVZ014-015-211500- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.120121T1500Z-120122T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 229 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...ESMERALDA...NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWESTERLY LATE IN THE DAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND SUNRISE WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN THE OWENS VALLEY THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 1 PM. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY IN THE EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRIEFLY LOWER VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST AND 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | Lincoln | 21 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 46 hr |
Nearby
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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.