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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2012, 3:10 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Feb 15, 2012, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2012, 3:10 AM PST (11:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2012, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2012, 9:07 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502 WWUS75 KVEF 151110 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 310 AM PST WED FEB 15 2012 ...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM... CAZ519>522-152100- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.120215T2100Z-120216T0700Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE 310 AM PST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR INYO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS AND UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET. * TIMING: WIND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...ANCIENT BRISTLECONE FOREST...ASPENDELL...OLANCHA...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AND WESTGARD PASS. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 168. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
932 WWUS75 KVEF 152041 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1241 PM PST WED FEB 15 2012 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS NORTH BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL STRENGTHEN IN INYO COUNTY... CAZ519>522-160700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.120215T2100Z-120216T0700Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE 1241 PM PST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF INYO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS AND UP TO 60 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET. * TIMING: THE WIND WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...ANCIENT BRISTLECONE FOREST... ASPENDELL...OLANCHA...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK AND WESTGARD PASS. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 168 AND 190. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PIERCE
396 WWUS75 KVEF 160507 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 907 PM PST WED FEB 15 2012 CAZ519>522-160615- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120216T0700Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- 907 PM PST WED FEB 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR INYO COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON AVERAGE CAN BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS INYO COUNTY...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGHEST MEASURED WIND TODAY ACROSS INYO COUNTY WAS 52 MPH...WHICH WAS MEASURED AT TWO SITES AT ELEVATIONS OF 3727 FEET AND 3868 FEET THIS MORNING AT 930 AM PST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 18 hr |
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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.