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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV

May 15, 2013Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2013, 3:18 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at May 16, 2013, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2013, 3:18 PM PDT (22:18 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2013, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 17, 2013, 3:03 AM PDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2013-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2013-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

724 
WWUS75 KVEF 152218
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
318 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

CAZ523-160630-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
318 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY
NIGHT... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY
  THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN MID DAY FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT
  IRWIN...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER
  VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-003-CAZ524-NVZ016-019-020-022-160630-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130517T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...
CAL-NEV-ARI
318 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013 /318 PM MST WED MAY 15 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TO 8 PM PDT
/8 PM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE...CLARK...AND SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TO 8 PM PDT
/8 PM MST/ THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY
  THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...MESQUITE...
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...BAKER...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS
  SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER
  VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$

WOLCOTT
5 follow-up statements
011 
WWUS75 KVEF 160534
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1034 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

CAZ523-161400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
1034 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PDT FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PDT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MID 
  DAY THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL LATE THURSDAY 
  NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  INCREASE AGAIN MID DAY FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT...
  FORT IRWIN...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO 
  COUNTY. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-003-CAZ524-NVZ016-019-020-022-161400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130517T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...
CAL-NEV-ARI
1034 PM PDT WED MAY 15 2013 /1034 PM MST WED MAY 15 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TO 8 PM
PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TO 8 PM
PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE...CLARK...AND SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MID 
  DAY THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...MESQUITE... 
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...BAKER...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 
  ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$
143 
WWUS75 KVEF 161143
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
443 AM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF
AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

CAZ523-161930-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
443 AM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT
FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT
FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY
  TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN MID DAY
  FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT
  IRWIN...HIGHWAY 395...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS NORTHWEST SAN
  BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE
WINDS.

&&

$$

AZZ001-003-CAZ524-NVZ016-019-020-022-161930-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.130516T1900Z-130517T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...
CAL-NEV-ARI
443 AM PDT THU MAY 16 2013 /443 AM MST THU MAY 16 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TODAY
TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON PDT /NOON MST/ TODAY TO
8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CLARK...MOHAVE AND
EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON TODAY.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...MESQUITE... 
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...BAKER...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 
  ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE
WINDS.

&&

$$

JA
159 
WWUS75 KVEF 161909
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1209 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

CAZ523-170330-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
1209 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY
NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL LATE TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN MID DAY
  FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT... 
  FORT IRWIN...HIGHWAY 395...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS 
  NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

AZZ001-003-CAZ524-NVZ016-019-020-022-170300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130517T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...
CAL-NEV-ARI
1209 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013 /1209 PM MST THU MAY 16 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...MESQUITE... 
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...BAKER...AND INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 
  ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO...CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

WOLCOTT
773 
WWUS75 KVEF 170235
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
735 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

AZZ001-003-CAZ524-NVZ016-019-020-022-170345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130517T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...
CAL-NEV-ARI
735 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013 /735 PM MST THU MAY 16 2013/

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

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CLARK...MOHAVE AND EASTERN SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND THIS TREND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. 

$$

CAZ523-171400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
735 PM PDT THU MAY 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY
NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF
  TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A LULL LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN MID DAY
  FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BARSTOW...DAGGETT... 
  FORT IRWIN...HIGHWAY 395...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 ACROSS 
  NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON AREA HIGHWAYS WITH 
  LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE WHICH MAY RAPIDLY LOWER 
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$
528 
WWUS75 KVEF 171003
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
303 AM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

CAZ523-171115-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130518T0700Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
303 AM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WIND GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH TODAY ACROSS BARSTOW...FORT IRWIN
AND NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. HOWEVER...BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS GENERALLY GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 2:52 PM PDTRed Flag WarningVEFClark, Lincoln28 hr
May 15, 3:43 AM PDTFire Weather WatchVEFMohave11 hr

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Sources

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