Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 36, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2012, 11:04 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2012, 11:04 PM PDT (06:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 3286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642 WWUS75 KVEF 260604 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 NVZ019-261000- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.120526T0604Z-120526T1000Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE RED ROCK CANYON AREA. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: RED ROCK...HIGHWAY 159. * IMPACTS: GUSTY CROSSWINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ NVZ017-018-260715- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- INCLUDING...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ519>521-NVZ014>016-020>022-260715- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-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...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL... BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO... RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 /1104 PM MST FRI MAY 25 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ AZZ002-CAZ522-524>527-260715- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 /1104 PM MST FRI MAY 25 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ CAZ523-260715- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1104 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE SEEN OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
1 follow-up statement
947 WWUS75 KVEF 260938 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 238 AM PDT SAT MAY 26 2012 NVZ019-261045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120526T1000Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 238 AM PDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAD SUBSIDED EARLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MORGAN
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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.