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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV

February 6, 2013Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2013, 4:19 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 8, 2013, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2013, 4:19 PM MST (23:19 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2013, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 8, 2013, 8:00 PM MST
In force
9 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 23:19 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, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2013-02-06Temperature 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 2013-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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.

874 
WWUS75 KVEF 062319
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
319 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...MOJAVE DESERT...AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA.

CAZ519-070730-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130207T2000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL
319 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS UP TO
  60 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THURSDAY
  MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED BY MID
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL..WHITNEY PORTAL.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ019-070730-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130208T0200Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
319 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...PEAK BETWEEN
  MIDNIGHT AND 300 AM...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY
  MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS...RED ROCK CANYON

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND
  BLOWING DEBRIS. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR CYCLISTS AND CLIMBERS
  IN RED ROCK CANYON.

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-CAZ523-070730-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
319 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013 /419 PM MST WED FEB 6 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST
/8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF MOHAVE
COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST
/8 PM MST/ FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT...INCLUDING
  KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...AND GOLDEN VALLEY IN ARIZONA...ALONG
  WITH BARSTOW AND FORT IRWIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS. 

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.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
824 
WWUS75 KVEF 070724
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1124 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...MOJAVE DESERT...AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA.

CAZ519-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130207T2000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL
1124 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS UP TO 
  60 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THURSDAY 
  MORNING... WITH THE STRONGEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED BY 
  MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE 
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL..WHITNEY PORTAL.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ019-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130208T0200Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
1124 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PEAK
  BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 300 AM...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS...RED ROCK CANYON

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DEBRIS. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR CYCLISTS AND 
  CLIMBERS IN RED ROCK CANYON.

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-CAZ523-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
1124 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013 /1224 AM MST THU FEB 7 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...THE
NORTHWEST DESERTS AND THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING 
  THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY 
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT...INCLUDING 
  KINGMAN... COLORADO CITY...AND GOLDEN VALLEY IN ARIZONA...
  ALONG WITH BARSTOW AND FORT IRWIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$
877 
WWUS75 KVEF 071207
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
407 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...MOJAVE DESERT...AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA.

CAZ525-072015-
/O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
407 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO
7 PM PST FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING 
  THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS AND
  TWENTYNINE PALMS MCAGCC.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$

CAZ519-072015-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130207T2000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL
407 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS UP TO 
  60 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
  WITH THE STRONGEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON
  INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL..WHITNEY PORTAL.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ019-072015-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130208T0200Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
407 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST FRIDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
  PEAK BETWEEN 8 PM AND 300 AM...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS...RED ROCK
  CANYON...LEE CANYON AND COLD CREEK.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS.

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-CAZ523-072015-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
407 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013 /507 AM MST THU FEB 7 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING 
  THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...INCLUDING
  BARSTOW AND FORT IRWIN. IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...KINGMAN...COLORADO
  CITY...GOLDEN VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$
722 
WWUS75 KVEF 072003
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1203 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AND
RESULT IN PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA
SLOPES...MOJAVE DESERT...AND MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA.

CAZ519-080515-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL
1203 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY FOR 
THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS UP TO 
  60 MPH. 

* TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
   WITH THE STRONGEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED BY LATE 
  AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO SLOWLY 
  DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL..WHITNEY PORTAL.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR CANYON OPENINGS.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ019-080515-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.130208T0200Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
1203 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST FRIDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... 
  PEAK BETWEEN 800 PM AND 300 AM...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE 
  THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...MOUNTAIN SPRINGS...RED 
  ROCK CANYON...LEE CANYON AND COLD CREEK.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS.

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-CAZ523-525-080515-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
1203 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013 /103 PM MST THU FEB 7 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AND PEAK DURING 
  THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS: YUCCA VALLEY...JOSHUA TREE...TWENTYNINE PALMS AND 
  TWENTYNINE PALMS MCAGCC.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$
045 
WWUS75 KVEF 080216
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
616 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AND
RESULT IN PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA
SLOPES...THE MOJAVE DESERT...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA.

CAZ519-NVZ019-081400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
616 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA
SLOPES...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON UNTIL 6 AM PST
FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK OVERNIGHT...AND
  GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...ASPENDELL...
  WHITNEY PORTAL 

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS.

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-CAZ523-525-081400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
616 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013 /716 PM MST THU FEB 7 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ TO
7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY...THE MORONGO BASIN...AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY FROM 10 AM
PST /11 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
  BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...COLORADO CITY... PIPE 
  SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN...
  GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA 

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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
836 
WWUS75 KVEF 081155
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
355 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

.PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOJAVE
DESERT TODAY...AND CONTINUE IN THE THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA THROUGH 6 AM PST.

CAZ519-081300-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130208T1400Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
355 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS BELOW CANYON OPENINGS OF THE
EASTERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS HAS ENDED. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

NVZ019-081400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
355 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST EARLY THIS
MORNING SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...THEN
  GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING.

* LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...LEE CANYON...COLD CREEK
  AND HIGHWAY 158. 

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS.

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-CAZ523-525-082000-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
355 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013 /455 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT...MORONGO BASIN AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...
  BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING
  NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN... GOLDEN
  VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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
026 
WWUS75 KVEF 081356
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
556 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

.PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT
TODAY.

NVZ019-081500-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130208T1400Z/
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK
556 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.

WIND GUSTS THAT REACHED UP TO 50 MPH ALONG THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF
THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND IN RED ROCK CANYON OVERNIGHT WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST.

$$

AZZ001-003-CAZ523-525-082200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
556 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013 /656 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST /11 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT...MORONGO BASIN AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...
  TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... 
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... 
  KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... 
  WIKIEUP...YUCCA 

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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
195 
WWUS75 KVEF 081744
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
944 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

AZZ001-003-CAZ523-525-090000-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.130208T1800Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY...
PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...
GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
944 AM PST FRI FEB 8 2013 /1044 AM MST FRI FEB 8 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 WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...MORONGO BASIN AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN
  DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... 
  TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... 
  TWENTYNINE PALMS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... 
  KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... 
  WIKIEUP...YUCCA 

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$

JA
607 
WWUS75 KVEF 082303
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
303 PM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

AZZ001-003-CAZ523-090015-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130209T0300Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
303 PM PST FRI FEB 8 2013 /403 PM MST FRI FEB 8 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AND THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT
IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS HAVE
REMAINED BELOW 40 MPH IN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AND GUSTS OF
25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS WERE
DECREASING OVER THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS
GENERALLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH.

$$

CAZ525-090300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130209T0300Z/
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
303 PM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
THE MORONGO BASIN.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING BUT
  BREEZES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS: MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN GUSTS AND 
  BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

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.

&&

$$

JA
476 
WWUS75 KVEF 090238
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
638 PM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

CAZ525-090345-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130209T0300Z/
MORONGO BASIN-
INCLUDING...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS
638 PM PST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE
BEEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AND THE HIGHEST RECENT
OBSERVED WIND GUST WAS 30 MPH IN THE TWENTYNINE PALMS AREA. THE
OVERALL DOWNWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER...SOME ISOLATED
STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND ANY SHOWERS FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE EVENING.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 6, 10:50 AM MST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 10:50 AM MST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
950 AM PST WED FEB 6 2013

UPDATE TO AVIATION SECTION

.SYNOPSIS...DRY WEATHER WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
WILL RESULT IN INCREASED WINDS BEGINNING THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CHANCES FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY
RAIN FRIDAY THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE WEEKEND. DRY CONDITIONS AND
A WARMING TREND IN TEMPERATURES CAN THEN BE EXPECTED BY THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
&&

.UPDATE...THE AXIS OF A SHORTWAVE PASSING OVER THE FORECAST AREA
LOOKS TO BE RUNNING DOWN A LINE ALONG THE EASTERN NEVADA AND
CALIFORNIA BORDERS. NO PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR IS
EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE...HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT
INCREASE IN NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE....WITH
GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH TO 20 MPH IN OBSERVED ON AVERAGE. BASED ON
RECENT OBS AND LOCAL HI RES DATA...ANY INCREASE IN WINDS WILL BE
BRIEF AND ONLY LAST FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS. OVERALL THE FORECAST
LOOKS ON TRACK...AND NO UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING.
-KENNEDY-
&&

.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...OVERALL...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
RELATIVELY LIGHT...HOWEVER A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT HAS
JUST RECENTLY PASSED OVER HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE...AND INTERMITTENT WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
ABOVE 8 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KLAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
MORNING. ANY STRONGER WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS INTO THE MID TO UPPER
TEENS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY AND NOT IMPACT KLAS. THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE. A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOWER CIGS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS.

FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER THE
FORECAST AREA WILL RESULT IN NORTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING INTO THE
MID TEENS ON AVERAGE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND FAVOR
TYPICAL DIURNAL DIRECTIONAL TRENDS AT 8 KTS OR LESS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. AREA THIS MORNING LEAVING GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH
TONIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOWER
CIGS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. -KENNEDY-
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS
ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH HAS LEAD TO A MILD NIGHT.
BACKEDGE TO THE CLOUDS AS OF THIS WRITING EXTENDS FROM NEAR ELY-LAS
VEGAS-TWENTYNINE PALMS. BACKEDGE SHOULD EXIT MOHAVE COUNTY BY
MID-MORNING LEADING TO ANOTHER PLEASANT DAY. THERE HAS BEEN SOME
INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS WITH SOME LOCALLY GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. HI-RES
MODELS SUGGEST THAT THIS WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.

COMPLEX TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA PROGGED TO DIG DOWN
THE WEST COAST THURSDAY...WITH AN UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF OVER THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT FRIDAY. AS FOR THE WIND. THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA AND SPRING MOUNTAINS STILL EXISTS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST
HI RES MODELS ARE NOT AS STRONG WITH THE WIND SPEEDS AS 24 HOURS
AGO...ESPECIALLY IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. CROSS SECTIONS
ACROSS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS INDICATE STRONGEST DOWNSLOPE POTENTIAL
EXISTS ALONG THE NORTHEAST SLOPES...LESSER OF A THREAT FOR RED ROCK
CANYON. THE STRONGEST BELT OF WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND
EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EAST
INTO MOHAVE COUNTY. DO NOT SEE THE NEED FOR A WATCH AT THIS TIME
WHILE SOME WIND ADVISORIES WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED IN TIME.

AS FOR THE PRECIPITATION. SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN EXPAND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. GREATEST
COVERAGE ON FRIDAY WILL BE ACROSS INYO COUNTY AND OUR SOUTHERN
NEVADA COUNTIES. LESS COVERAGE WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGH DESERT OF SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT
AROUND 6000 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT AND VALLEY TO THE VALLEY FLOORS IN
THE OWENS VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA FRIDAY. FOR THE LOWER
DESERTS THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 FEET LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

THE COOL DOWN COMES FRIDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 10 TO 15
DEGREES COLDER THAN THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO BE OVER
SOUTHERN UTAH SATURDAY MORNING WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE STILL
AFFECTING MAINLY LINCOLN AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL
ALREADY BE IN PLACE SO ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FALL WILL LIKELY
BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. STILL SOME GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
REGION...BUT HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE CWA AS GRADIENTS BETWEEN EASTERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA
REMAIN FAIRLY TIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
REMAIN AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AS THE COOL NORTH FLOW REMAINS
IN PLACE. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO QUICKLY MOVE EAST AND BY SUNDAY
MORNING THE MODELS HAVE THE LOW CENTER ALL THE WAY INTO THE
KANSAS/NEBRASKA VICINITY. ALL THE MODELS DO SHOW ANOTHER PIECE OF
ENERGY DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF WESTERN CANADA LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
WHICH WILL HELP REINFORCE THE COOLER AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...BUT ALSO
BRING IN ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT
OF THE CWA. DRY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
STARTS TO BUILD IN...BUT TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN
AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE
DOES SHOW TEMPERATURES JUMPING ABOUT 7-10 DEGREES ON THURSDAY WHICH
WOULD PUT READINGS RIGHT AROUND NORMAL.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...NONE.
AZ...NONE.
CA...NONE.
&&

PIERCE/GORELOW

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:48 AM MST, 11 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
348 AM PST WED FEB 6 2013

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-071100-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
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-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
348 AM PST WED FEB 6 2013 /448 AM MST WED FEB 6 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN THE LEE OF THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA AND SPRING MOUNTAINS STILL EXISTS THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE STRONGEST BELT OF WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND EXTEND
FROM THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY EAST INTO
MOHAVE COUNTY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR.

SHOWERY AND COLDER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN
2500 AND 3500 FEET SATURDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST 3
INCHES LOOKS TO BE SPOTTY...BUT WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR IN PARTS
OF LINCOLN COUNTY...THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND THE SHEEP RANGE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
SATURDAY.

NO WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 4:19 PM MSTWind AdvisoryVEFInyo39 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Arizona, 2013Wind Advisories in California, 2013Every wind advisory in 2013

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.