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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2014, 2:36 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2014, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2014, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 19 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 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 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.
579 WWUS75 KVEF 172136 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 236 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING IN MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHERE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-180600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.140318T0600Z-140318T2200Z/ 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 236 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /236 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA... LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...BULLHEAD CITY AND LAKE HAVASU. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS OR OTHER PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ014-015-022-180300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO... RACHEL...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 236 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /236 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARIZONA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND NORTHWEST WINDS AT SIMILAR SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 8 PM. * TIMING: EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH KINGMAN AND NEEDLES BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...TWENTYNINE PALMS...YUCCA VALLEY...PRIMM...JEAN...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... KINGMAN...AND PIOCHE. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS CAN RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
666 WWUS75 KVEF 180246 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 746 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 AZZ003-CAZ523>526-NVZ022-180400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0300Z/ NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SOUTHERN CLARK 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...PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 746 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /746 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY AND THE HIGH DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT/MST. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-181100- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.140318T0300Z-140318T2200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 746 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /746 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF FAR EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS LAKE MEAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA... LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...BULLHEAD CITY AND LAKE HAVASU. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS OR OTHER PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-NVZ014-015-180500- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 746 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /746 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE...LINCOLN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME. * LOCATIONS: BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...PIOCHE AND COLORADO CITY. * 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. && $$
755 WWUS75 KVEF 180442 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 942 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 AZZ001-NVZ014-015-180545- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140318T0500Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 942 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /942 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU OF MOHAVE COUNTY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA WEAKENS. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT /10 PM MST/. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-181300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140318T2200Z/ 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 942 PM PDT MON MAR 17 2014 /942 PM MST MON MAR 17 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ TUESDAY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE PEAK WIND SO FAR AT THE LAUGHLIN-BULLHEAD CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN 48 MPH. * TIMING: THE COLD FRONT REACHED NEEDLES AROUND 9 PM AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH LAKE HAVASU CITY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...BEFORE WIND SPEEDS START TO DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA... LAUGHLIN... NEEDLES...BULLHEAD CITY AND LAKE HAVASU. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS OR OTHER PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
391 WWUS75 KVEF 181105 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 405 AM PDT TUE MAR 18 2014 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-182200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140318T2200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 405 AM PDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /405 AM MST TUE MAR 18 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU...FORT MOHAVE AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING THEN SPEEDS WILL START TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: BOULDER BASIN...COTTONWOOD COVE...KATHERINE LANDING...LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY...NEEDLES...FORT MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS OR OTHER PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. CROSSWINDS ON EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROADS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
770 WWUS75 KVEF 182140 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 240 PM PDT TUE MAR 18 2014 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-182245- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140318T2200Z/ 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 240 PM PDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /240 PM MST TUE MAR 18 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT /3 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE ON THE DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND ARE NOW WELL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME ALTHOUGH GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CHOPPY WATERS ON AREAS LAKES THROUGH SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:49 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Mohave | 28 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:40 AM MST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Inyo | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.