Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2013, 2:59 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2013, 2:59 PM MST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2013, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2013, 6:12 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WWUS75 KVEF 132159 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 159 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY... .LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ENCOMPASSES THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER LAKE MEAD AND DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-017-020-022-140600- /O.CON.KVEF.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T1600Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...PRIMM...CAL-NEV-ARI 159 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 /259 PM MST SUN JAN 13 2013/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... A HARD FREEZE WARNING BELOW 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTER OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR 8 TO 12 HOURS IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS METRO AREA. OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REGION MAY EXPERIENCE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS. * GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PAHRUMP... MESQUITE...BARSTOW CALIFORNIA...KINGMAN ARIZONA AND MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY THIS EVENING THEN MAY LEVEL OFF AS THE NORTH WINDS DEVELOP. TUESDAY MORNING COULD BE COLDER DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT. PROTECT OUTDOOR PLUMBING BY COVERING EXPOSED PIPES AND POOL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWING POOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO RUN DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. BRING PETS AND PLANTS INDOORS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-140600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.130114T1700Z-130115T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 159 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 /259 PM MST SUN JAN 13 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MEAD AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE DAY...THEN DECREASE EARLY IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...DAVIS DAM...NEEDLES... INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS 163 AND 68. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKES MEAD AND MOHAVE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$ MORGAN
4 follow-up statements
931 WWUS75 KVEF 140559 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 959 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING EXTENDED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY... .LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ENCOMPASSES THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER LAKE MEAD AND DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON MONDAY. AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-017-020-022-141500- /O.CON.KVEF.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T1600Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...PRIMM...CAL-NEV-ARI 959 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 /1059 PM MST SUN JAN 13 2013/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET FOR MUCH OF THE MOHAVE DESERT... A HARD FREEZE WARNING BELOW 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTER OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR 8 TO 12 HOURS IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS METRO AREA. OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REGION MAY EXPERIENCE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS. TUESDAY MORNING COULD BE COLDER THAN MONDAY DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS. * GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PAHRUMP... MESQUITE...BARSTOW CALIFORNIA...KINGMAN ARIZONA AND MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ON MONDAY BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT. PROTECT OUTDOOR PLUMBING BY COVERING EXPOSED PIPES AND POOL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWING POOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO RUN DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. BRING PETS AND PLANTS INDOORS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-141500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.130114T1700Z-130115T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 959 PM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 /1059 PM MST SUN JAN 13 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST /10 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ MONDAY FOR LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE...LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE DAY...THEN DECREASE EARLY IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...DAVIS DAM...NEEDLES... INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS 163 AND 68. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKES MEAD AND MOHAVE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
408 WWUS75 KVEF 141438 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 638 AM PST MON JAN 14 2013 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY... .LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ENCOMPASSES THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-017-020-022-142300- /O.CON.KVEF.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T1600Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...PRIMM...CAL-NEV-ARI 638 AM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /738 AM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... A HARD FREEZE WARNING BELOW 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTER OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR 8 TO 12 HOURS IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS METRO AREA. OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REGION MAY EXPERIENCE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS. TUESDAY MORNING COULD BE COLDER THAN THIS MORNING DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS. * GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PAHRUMP... MESQUITE...BARSTOW CALIFORNIA...KINGMAN ARIZONA AND MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT. PROTECT OUTDOOR PLUMBING BY COVERING EXPOSED PIPES AND POOL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWING POOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO RUN DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. BRING PETS AND PLANTS INDOORS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-142300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.130114T1700Z-130115T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 638 AM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /738 AM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE DAY...THEN DECREASE EARLY IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...DAVIS DAM...NEEDLES... INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS 93...163 AND 68. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKES MEAD AND MOHAVE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$ PIERCE
668 WWUS75 KVEF 142228 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 228 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ENCOMPASSES THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. STRONG NORTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-017-020-022-150330- /O.CON.KVEF.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T1600Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...PRIMM...CAL-NEV-ARI 228 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /328 PM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... A HARD FREEZE WARNING BELOW 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTER OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR 8 TO 12 HOURS IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS METRO AREA. OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REGION MAY EXPERIENCE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS. TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE COLDER THAN THIS MORNING DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS. * GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PAHRUMP... MESQUITE...BARSTOW CALIFORNIA...KINGMAN ARIZONA AND MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS DROPPING TO LESS THAN 10 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT. PROTECT OUTDOOR PLUMBING BY COVERING EXPOSED PIPES AND POOL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWING POOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO RUN DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. BRING PETS AND PLANTS INDOORS. && $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-150300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130115T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 228 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /328 PM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...DAVIS DAM...NEEDLES... INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS 93...163 AND 68. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKES MEAD AND MOHAVE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
280 WWUS75 KVEF 150112 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 512 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT... .LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS A VERY COLD AND DRY AIR MASS ENCOMPASSES THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-150215- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130115T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- 512 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /612 PM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST / 8 PM MST. $$ AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ016-017-020-022-151400- /O.CON.KVEF.HZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130115T1600Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS...PRIMM...CAL-NEV-ARI 512 PM PST MON JAN 14 2013 /612 PM MST MON JAN 14 2013/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY BELOW 3500 FEET... A HARD FREEZE WARNING BELOW 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10 AND 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTER OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR 8 TO 12 HOURS IN PARTS OF THE LAS VEGAS METRO AREA. OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE REGION MAY EXPERIENCE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS. TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE COLDER THAN THIS MORNING DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS. * GREATEST IMPACT AREAS: THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...PAHRUMP... MESQUITE...BARSTOW CALIFORNIA...KINGMAN ARIZONA AND MANY SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS DROPPING TO LESS THAN 10 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT. PROTECT OUTDOOR PLUMBING BY COVERING EXPOSED PIPES AND POOL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWING POOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS TO RUN DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. BRING PETS AND PLANTS INDOORS. && $$
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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.