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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 29, 2012Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 29, 2012, 9:17 PM PST for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, California. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 29, 2012, 9:17 PM PST (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Inyo County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2012-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2012-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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313 
WWUS75 KVEF 010517
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012

.A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL
BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE
WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...ALONG
WITH MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

NVZ014-011330-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.120301T0517Z-120301T1200Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T2100Z-120302T0600Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST
THURSDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST
THURSDAY.

* WINDS: LOCALIZED WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH
  NEAR CANYON OPENINGS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IN ESMERALDA COUNTY.
  WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT ONLY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
  ENTIRE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: LOCALIZED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT.
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SILVER PEAK...DYER... 
  HIGHWAY 264 FOR THIS EVENING...AND ALSO BEATTY AND GOLDFIELD ON 
  THURSDAY. 

* IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY 264 ALONG
  THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY
  LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ519>521-011200-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.120301T0517Z-120301T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY AND
WHITE MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* WINDS: LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OF 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING
  BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA... 
  HIGHWAY 395.

* IMPACTS: LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ALONG
  HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 168 ALONG THE EAST
  SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-011330-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T0517Z-120302T0600Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
  45 MPH TONIGHT. GUSTS WILL BE NEAR 50 MPH ON THURSDAY.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY
  MORNING. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE
  DECREASING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 
  AND 40.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ524-525-011330-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS
917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY
FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO VALLEY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 
  55 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
  BEFORE DECREASING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MORONGO AND YUCCA 
  VALLEYS... TWENTYNINE PALMS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 
  40 AND 15.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$


PIERCE
2 follow-up statements
188 
WWUS75 KVEF 011011
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
211 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

.GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. GUSTY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL
NYE COUNTY...ALONG WITH MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

NVZ014-011200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T2100Z-120302T0600Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
211 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE
COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY WILL
ALSO BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: LOCALIZED WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED NEAR CANYON OPENINGS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IN
  ESMERALDA COUNTY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS
  MORNING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TO THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: LOCALIZED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL END EARLY THIS
  MORNING. WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS
  AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN
  DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...HIGHWAY 95.

* IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAYS 95 AND 6
  AS WELL AS OTHER AREA ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING
  SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY
  LAKE BEDS.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ519>521-011200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
211 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA
SLOPES...THE OWENS VALLEY...AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS UNTIL 4 AM
PST EARLY THIS MORNING.

* WINDS: LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  OF 55 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO END EARLY THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA.

* IMPACTS: LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 168 ALONG 
  THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ524-525-011200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS
211 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND THE MORONGO BASIN FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
  BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...INTERSTATE 15 AND
  HIGHWAY 62.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-011200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T0600Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
211 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45
  MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 50 TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL DECREASE A BIT EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE
  INCREASING AGAIN LATE IN THE MORNING...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$

MORGAN
766 
WWUS75 KVEF 011139
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
339 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

.GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY AND INTO THE MORONGO BASIN
LATER TODAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ESMERALDA
AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.

NVZ014-011800-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T2100Z-120302T0600Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
339 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO
BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...HIGHWAY 95.

* IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON HIGHWAYS 95 AND 6
  AS WELL AS OTHER AREA ROADS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING
  SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY
  LAKE BEDS.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ519>521-011245-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
339 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...THE OWENS
VALLEY...AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY
THIS MORNING.

DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAD SUBSIDED EARLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

CAZ524-525-011800-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS
339 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND THE MORONGO BASIN FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK IN THE 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
  BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...INTERSTATE 15 AND
  HIGHWAY 62. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-011800-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T0600Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
339 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 
  MPH THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 50 TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE IN THE MORNING...PEAK IN
  THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND 
  VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

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.

&&

$$

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

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Mar 1, 3:51 AM PSTRed Flag WarningVEFClark39 hr
Mar 1, 3:04 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF24 hr

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