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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 3:15 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:15 PM PST (23:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:17 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
465 WWUS75 KVEF 282315 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 315 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL BRING STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-290715- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 315 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY...AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY...AS WELL AS ESMERALDA COUNTY NEVADA. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA AND HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY. ALSO...EAST OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE DYER AREA IN THE FISH LAKE VALLEY. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-290715- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.120229T1800Z-120301T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 315 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: AREAS INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY BE FELT BY DRIVERS...WHILE VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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936 WWUS75 KVEF 290627 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1027 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL BRING STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-291500- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1027 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY...AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY AND ESMERALDA COUNTY NEVADA. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA AND HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY. ALSO...EAST OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE DYER AREA IN THE FISH LAKE VALLEY. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-291500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.120229T1800Z-120301T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1027 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: AREAS INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW... DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY BE FELT BY DRIVERS...WHILE VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
530 WWUS75 KVEF 291008 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 208 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL BRING STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-291830- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.120229T1800Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 208 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY...AND FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND FISH LAKE VALLEY...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-291830- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.120229T1800Z-120301T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 208 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MORGAN
439 WWUS75 KVEF 291821 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1021 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL BRING STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. CAZ519>521-NVZ014-010230- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER 1021 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY...AND ESMERALDA COUNTY. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SILVER PEAK...DYER...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...HIGHWAY 395 AND HIGHWAY 264. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-010230- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1021 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN MOHAVE DESERT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
057 WWUS75 KVEF 292344 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 344 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH WILL BRING STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS ESMERALDA/CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...ALONG WITH MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. NVZ014-010800- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T2100Z-120302T0600Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 344 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SILVER PEAK...DYER... HIGHWAY 264 FOR THIS EVENING...AND ALSO BEATTY AND GOLDFIELD ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. && $$ CAZ519>521-010800- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 344 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY...AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY. * WINDS: DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA... HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: POWERFUL WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 168 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ523-010800- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 344 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS EVENING. GUSTS WILL BE NEAR 50 MPH ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ524-525-010800- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 344 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MORONGO AND YUCCA VALLEYS... TWENTYNINE PALMS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 40 AND 15. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
313 WWUS75 KVEF 010517 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING BY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...ALONG WITH MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. NVZ014-011330- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.120301T0517Z-120301T1200Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T2100Z-120302T0600Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: LOCALIZED WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH NEAR CANYON OPENINGS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IN ESMERALDA COUNTY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT ONLY TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LOCALIZED STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SILVER PEAK...DYER... HIGHWAY 264 FOR THIS EVENING...AND ALSO BEATTY AND GOLDFIELD ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON HIGHWAY 264 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD SHARPLY LOWER VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY NEAR DRY LAKE BEDS. 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. && $$ CAZ519>521-011200- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.120301T0517Z-120301T1200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...OWENS VALLEY AND WHITE MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA... HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 168 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ523-011330- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T0517Z-120302T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH TONIGHT. GUSTS WILL BE NEAR 50 MPH ON THURSDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE LATE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ524-525-011330- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 917 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO VALLEY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... BEFORE DECREASING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MORONGO AND YUCCA VALLEYS... TWENTYNINE PALMS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 40 AND 15. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITIES MAY RAPIDLY LOWER IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PIERCE
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Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:54 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 42 hr |
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