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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Mar 17, 2014, 8:40 AM PDT for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2014, 8:40 AM PDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2014, 1:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 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 15:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:42 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 Nw Independence, CA | 75 MPH GUST AT AN ELEVATION OF 4900 FT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 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
- 4036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WWUS75 KVEF 171540 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 840 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SIERRA THIS MORNING WITH DOWNSLOPE WIND CONDITIONS ON THE EASTERN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. CAZ519-172000- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140317T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0005.140317T1540Z-140317T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL 840 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG DOWNSLOPES WINDS TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME NORTH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL. * IMPACTS: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADS LEADING INTO THE SIERRA. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURE COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ520-172000- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.140317T1600Z-140317T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0005.140317T1540Z-140317T2000Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA 840 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE AND BECOME NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MAINLY CANYON OPENINGS ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE OWENS VALLEY BUT COULD REACH TO HIGHWAY 395 IN SOME AREAS. * IMPACTS: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 395 DUE TO SUDDEN CROSS WINDS. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 395. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523-525-NVZ014-015-172345- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.140317T1600Z-140318T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- 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...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 840 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /840 AM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING MORNING THEN SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE...LINCOLN...WESTERN AND SOUTH WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
911 WWUS75 KVEF 171819 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1119 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SIERRA AND ON THE EASTERN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-172000- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140317T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1119 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SWITCH TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ALONG THE ENTIRE OWENS VALLEY BY MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: INDEPENDENCE...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL. * IMPACTS: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST...INCLUDING ALONG US395. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURE COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ524-526-NVZ022-180230- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...VIDAL JUNCTION...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 1119 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT...CADIZ BASIN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH DURING EVENING HOURS. * TIMING: * LOCATIONS: INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR...BARSTOW...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...AS WELL TWENTYNINE PALMS...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM AND JEAN. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523-525-NVZ014-015-180230- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 1119 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /1119 AM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE...LINCOLN...WESTERN AND SOUTH WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
038 WWUS75 KVEF 171949 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1249 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE SIERRA AND ON THE EASTERN SLOPES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. CAZ519-520-172100- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140317T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1249 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM PDT. WINDS ARE CONTINUING TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH DOWN THE OWENS VALLEY. THE DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE ENDING BUT GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 PM...BUT A DOWNWARD TREND IN WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ014-015-022-180300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO... RACHEL...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1249 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /1249 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SIMILAR NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. * TIMING: EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM...AND THEN ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO AND MOHAVE COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...TWENTYNINE PALMS...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...JEAN...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... KINGMAN...AND PIOCHE. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:36 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | San Bernardino | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:49 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.