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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Las Vegas, NV

April 25, 2012Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2012, 2:56 PM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Apr 26, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2012, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 AM PDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-25Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
5168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

553 
WWUS75 KVEF 252156
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
256 PM PDT WED APR 25 2012

...STRONG WEST WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
INYO AND NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

CAZ519-520-261200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T0400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
256 PM PDT WED APR 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE OWENS
VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS: LOCALIZED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM THURSDAY ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
  SIERRA. WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE
  5000 FEET...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG
  THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.

* TIMING: WINDS INCREASING EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING IN
  THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING AROUND
  9 PM.

* LOCATIONS: BIG PINE...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...ASPENDELL...HIGHWAY
  395.

* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD
  USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS.
  CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LAS VEGAS FOR UPDATES ON THIS
  SITUATION.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-524-261200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T1100Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS
256 PM PDT WED APR 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PDT FRIDAY.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS INCREASING EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING IN
  THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING 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 VISIBILITES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT
  TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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
5 follow-up statements
704 
WWUS75 KVEF 261139
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
439 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
WESTERN INYO AND NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

CAZ519-520-262100-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T0400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
439 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY. 

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE
  5000 FEET...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG
  THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  PEAKING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE BY
  9 PM PDT

* LOCATIONS: BIG PINE...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...ASPENDELL...
  HIGHWAY 395. 

* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
  SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS 
  WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LAS VEGAS FOR 
  UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-524-262100-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T1100Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS
439 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
PDT FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
PDT FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN AND EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT. 

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK IN THE
  LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
746 
WWUS75 KVEF 262017
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
117 PM PDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN INYO AND NORTHERN
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

CAZ519-520-270400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T0400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA
117 PM PDT THU APR 26 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 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY.

* WINDS: WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE 
  5000 FEET...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG 
  THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  PEAKING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE
  BY 9 PM PDT

* LOCATIONS: BIG PINE...INDEPENDENCE...OLANCHA...ASPENDELL... 
  HIGHWAY 395.

* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... 
  SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR 
  CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LAS VEGAS FOR 
  UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ523-524-270430-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.120426T2100Z-120427T1100Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS
117 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 CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK
  IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING 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. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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
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
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.

&&

$$
897 
WWUS75 KVEF 271036
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
336 AM PDT FRI APR 27 2012

CAZ523-524-271145-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120427T1100Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS
336 AM PDT FRI APR 27 2012

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

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 4 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING.

WEST WINDS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE...BECOMING LIGHT NORTHERLY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

$$

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Sources

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