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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2012, 3:14 PM PDT for Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, California. It took effect at Mar 24, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2012, 3:14 PM PDT (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 12:00Z, 10.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008 WWUS75 KVEF 232214 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 314 PM PDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN LOCAL GUSTY WINDS ON SATURDAY AND THEN MORE WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY... CAZ520-522-NVZ014-241200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.120324T1900Z-120325T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 314 PM PDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF SCOTTY'S CASTLE IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...DYER...GOLDFIELD AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 AND 95...AND STATE ROUTES 264 AND 267. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
259 WWUS75 KVEF 241129 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 429 AM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-241930- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.120324T1900Z-120325T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 429 AM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF SCOTTY'S CASTLE IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...DYER... GOLDFIELD AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 AND 95...AND STATE ROUTES 264 AND 267. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$
596 WWUS75 KVEF 241916 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1216 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-250315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120325T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1216 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY.. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF SCOTTY'S CASTLE IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...DYER... GOLDFIELD AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 395 AND 95...AND STATE ROUTES 264 AND 267. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES 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. && $$
656 WWUS75 KVEF 242233 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 333 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 AZZ001-003-250500- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 333 PM MST SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...WICKIEUP...GOLDEN VALLEY...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 40 AND 93. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ CAZ525-250500- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/ MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 333 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 62 AND 247. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES 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. && $$ CAZ520-522-NVZ014-250400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120325T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 333 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST- WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$
890 WWUS75 KVEF 250358 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 858 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-250500- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120325T0400Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 858 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF INYO COUNTY...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. $$ AZZ001-003-251200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 858 PM MST SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE NORTHWEST DESERTS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...WICKIEUP...GOLDEN VALLEY...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 40 AND 93. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST- WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ CAZ525-251200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/ MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS 858 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS...YUCCA VALLEY AND MORONGO VALLEY...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 62 AND 247. * IMPACTS: CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST- WEST ROADS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES 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. && $$ PIERCE
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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.