Wind Advisory 30, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

May 14, 2012, 12:38 PM PDT (19:38 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

814 
WWUS75 KVEF 141938
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1238 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
CAUSE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE OWENS VALLEY TODAY.

CAZ520-150300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0030.120514T1938Z-120515T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA
1238 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING: THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 8 PM.

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

* 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.

&&

$$

863 
WWUS75 KVEF 150233
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
733 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012

CAZ520-150345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120515T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA
733 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING.

SOUTH WINDS HAD BEGUN TO SUBSIDE A LITTLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THIS
EVENING...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER HAD
ENDED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MORGAN

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