Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Feb 8, 2014, 2:54 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Feb 8, 2014, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2014, 2:54 AM PST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2014, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WWUS75 KVEF 081054 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 254 AM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES ESPECIALLY BELOW AND NEAR CANYON OPENINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-082100- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0003.140209T0000Z-140209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0003.140208T2100Z-140209T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 254 AM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET... WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...FOOTHILLS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...HIGHWAY 395 AND OTHER ROADWAYS ACCESSING THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS... AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 395. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
993 WWUS75 KVEF 082048 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1248 PM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES ESPECIALLY BELOW AND NEAR CANYON OPENINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-090600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0003.140208T2100Z-140209T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1248 PM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET... WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...FOOTHILLS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...HIGHWAY 395 AND OTHER ROADWAYS ACCESSING THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS... AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
006 WWUS75 KVEF 090539 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 939 PM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES INTO SUNDAY... CAZ519-520-091600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140209T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 939 PM PST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ABOVE 5000 FEET... WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH BELOW 5000 FEET. * TIMING: POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT HAZARDOUS WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...FOOTHILLS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...HIGHWAY 395 AND OTHER ROADWAYS ACCESSING THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS... AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 395. 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. && $$ WOLCOTT
797 WWUS75 KVEF 091556 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 756 AM PST SUN FEB 9 2014 CAZ519-520-091700- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140209T1600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 756 AM PST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY. LOCALIZED DOWNSLOPE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DID DEVELOP IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE SINCE DECREASED SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY AT TIMES TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TRACTOR TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE CROSSWINDS WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY 395. $$
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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.