Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 43, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 22, 2012, 7:47 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 22, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2012, 7:47 PM PDT (02:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2012, 3:36 AM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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
- 2900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WWUS75 KVEF 230247 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 CAZ519-520-231100- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-121023T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T1100Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH BELOW CANYON OPENINGS CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA. * IMPACTS: 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. 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. && $$ NVZ019-231100- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0043.121023T0300Z-121023T1100Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS EXTENDED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING RED ROCK CANYON...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ014-015-017-230400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH AND FURTHER WEAKENING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. $$ CAZ522-523-230400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 747 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HE WIND HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH AND FURTHER WEAKENING OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. $$ PIERCE
1 follow-up statement
702 WWUS75 KVEF 231036 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 336 AM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012 NVZ019-231145- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-121023T1100Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- 336 AM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. RECENT OBSERVATIONS SHOWED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN RED ROCK CANYON WERE ABATING AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY DECREASE AND REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$ CAZ519-520-231145- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-121023T1100Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- 336 AM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. RECENT OBSERVATIONS SHOWED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY WERE DECREASING AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY DECREASE AND REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.