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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

January 9, 2013Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; 4 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2013, 3:10 PM PST for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; 4 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jan 10, 2013, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2013, 3:10 PM PST (23:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2013, 9:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 10, 2013, 7:00 PM PST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2013-01-09Temperature 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 2013-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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.

182 
WWUS75 KVEF 092310
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
310 PM PST WED JAN 9 2013

AZZ003-CAZ523>526-101200-
/O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0001.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0001.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION
310 PM PST WED JAN 9 2013 /410 PM MST WED JAN 9 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING REPLACES THE
HIGH WIND WATCH.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE
  MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
  MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL
  CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...KINGMAN...GOLDEN
  VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. LOOSE
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ014-101200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0001.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
310 PM PST WED JAN 9 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH IN
  THE MORNING WILL TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.
  WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO NEAR 60 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
  IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH MID MORNING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL DIMINISH
  BY LATE AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS: GOLDFIELD...COALDALE...DYER...BEATTY...NEVADA
  NATIONAL SECURITY SITE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. LOOSE
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-002-036-CAZ519>522-527-NVZ015>022-101200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
NEEDLES...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
310 PM PST WED JAN 9 2013 /410 PM MST WED JAN 9 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST
/8 PM MST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA...INYO COUNTY IN
CALIFORNIA...AND THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. 

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL
  TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. 

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...PAHRUMP...LAS
  VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE...CALIENTE...SEARCHLIGHT...NEEDLES...LAKE
  HAVASU CITY.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY SIGNIFICANTLY
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

ASG
4 follow-up statements
475 
WWUS75 KVEF 101134
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
334 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013

AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ014-101945-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
334 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /434 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY...THE NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL
NYE COUNTIES FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8
PM MST/ THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH.
  WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY WITH SIMILAR SPEEDS LATER THIS
  MORNING ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA. WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...
  BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN
  SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...GOLDFIELD
  ...COALDALE...DYER...BEATTY...NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-002-036-CAZ519>522-527-NVZ015>022-101945-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.130110T1700Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
NEEDLES...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
334 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /434 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
NEVADA...INYO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA...THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU IN
ARIZONA AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8
PM MST/ THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL
  TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...PAHRUMP...
  LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE...CALIENTE...SEARCHLIGHT...
  NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY...COLORADO CITY. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$
017 
WWUS75 KVEF 101906
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1106 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013

NVZ014-110300-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
1106 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...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 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY
  THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: BEATTY...NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY
  SITE...GOLDFIELD...COALDALE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.


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.

&&

$$

AZZ003-CAZ523>526-110300-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION
1106 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /1206 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/
THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST
DESERTS OF ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. WI

* TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
  MOVES INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
  TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...
  BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN
  SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-002-036-CAZ519>522-527-NVZ015>022-110300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
NEEDLES...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...
DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...
SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...
HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
1106 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /1206 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
NEVADA...INYO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA...THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU IN
ARIZONA...AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON
  BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...PAHRUMP... 
  LAS VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE...CALIENTE...SEARCHLIGHT... 
  NEEDLES... LAKE HAVASU CITY...COLORADO CITY.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$
810 
WWUS75 KVEF 102303
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
303 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013

AZZ003-110300-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST DESERTS-
INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...
VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA
403 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST THIS
  AFTERNOON AND TURN NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING BEHIND A STRONG
  COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...
  VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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>526-110300-
/O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION
303 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. 

* WINDS: WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING
  BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS: VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...
  BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND VISIBILITIES MAY BE 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

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.

&&

$$

AZZ001-002-036-CAZ519>522-527-NVZ014>022-110300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...
PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...
LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
303 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /403 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA...INYO COUNTY IN
CALIFORNIA...MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA...AND THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST DURING 
  THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* LOCATIONS: BISHOP...DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...PAHRUMP... LAS
  VEGAS VALLEY...MESQUITE...CALIENTE...SEARCHLIGHT... NEEDLES...
  LAKE HAVASU CITY...COLORADO CITY...KINGMAN...GOLDEN
  VALLEY...YUCCA...VALENTINE...DYER...GOLDFIELD...COALDALE.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY 
  SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

ASG
511 
WWUS75 KVEF 110240
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
640 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013

CAZ523>526-110345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
CADIZ BASIN-
INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...
MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION
640 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS. WIND SENSORS ACROSS THE SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS SHOWED WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO
BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH AND WIND SPEEDS IN THIS RANGE CAN BE
EXPECTED THE REST OF THE EVENING.

$$

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>522-527-NVZ014>022-110345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130111T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...
LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...
DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...
MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...
NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...
PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...
MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...
MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND...HOOVER DAM...
LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
640 PM PST THU JAN 10 2013 /740 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING
FOR INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA...MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA
AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. AUTOMATED SENSORS SHOWED WIND GUSTS HAVE
DECREASED TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AND
SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE EVENING.

$$

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:10 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEFSan Bernardino28 hr
Jan 9, 2:31 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEFLincoln28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.