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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2014, 1:59 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 25, 2014, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2014, 1:59 PM MST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 3763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
985 WWUS75 KVEF 242059 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 159 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AND PASS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA. CAZ519-520-251215- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0006.140325T1800Z-140326T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140325T1800Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 159 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE OWENS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASING THROUGH THE DURATION OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE AND OLANCHA. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 ESPECIALLY NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. 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. && $$ NVZ019-251215- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 159 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS INCLUDING RED ROCK CANYON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS AND BELOW CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-251215- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 159 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CENTENNIAL HILLS...LONE MOUNTAIN...SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAIN'S EDGE...RHODES RANCH AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ CAZ523>525-NVZ022-251215- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 159 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...THE MORONGO BASIN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT AND CAL-NEV-ARI. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ STACHELSKI
9 follow-up statements
501 WWUS75 KVEF 251026 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 326 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PASS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. CAZ519-520-251800- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140325T1800Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 326 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE OWENS VALLEY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY . * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASING THROUGH THE DURATION OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE AND OLANCHA. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 ESPECIALLY NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. 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. && $$ NVZ019-251800- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 326 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS INCLUDING RED ROCK CANYON FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS AND BELOW CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AZZ001-003-251800- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 326 AM MST TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...WIKIEUP...DOLAN SPRINGS...PEACH SPRINGS. * 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. && $$ NVZ020-251800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 326 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: CENTENNIAL HILLS...LONE MOUNTAIN...SUMMERLIN... MOUNTAINS EDGE...RHODES RANCH AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ523>525-NVZ022-251800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 326 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...THE MORONGO BASIN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT AND CAL-NEV-ARI. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
842 WWUS75 KVEF 251741 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1041 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PASS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. CAZ519-520-260030- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140325T1800Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1041 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND THE OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... THEN DECREASING THROUGH THE DURATION OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE AND OLANCHA. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 ESPECIALLY NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ019-260030- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1041 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS AND BELOW CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ NVZ020-260030- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1041 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY * LOCATIONS: CENTENNIAL HILLS...LONE MOUNTAIN...SUMMERLIN... MOUNTAINS EDGE...RHODES RANCH AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>525-NVZ022-260030- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-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...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1041 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 /1041 AM MST TUE MAR 25 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO...MOHAVE...AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT AND CAL-NEV-ARI. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ WOLCOTT
591 WWUS75 KVEF 252149 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PASS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. NVZ019-260700- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.140326T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THESE AREAS FROM 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH 11 PM PDT FOR CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR EXPOSED RIDGES AND CANYON OPENINGS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THEIR STRONGEST POINT OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IS LIKELY DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING BEFORE INCREASING MID DAY WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ519-520-260700- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASING THROUGH THE DURATION OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE AND OLANCHA. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 ESPECIALLY NEAR CANYON OPENINGS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. 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. && $$ AZZ036-NVZ016-017-021-260700- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY... MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 /249 PM MST TUE MAR 25 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY...CLARK COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...MESQUITE...MOAPA...OVERTON... HOOVER DAM...LAKE MEAD AND VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM LAS VEGAS TO MESQUITE AS WELL AS STATE ROUTE 160 FROM LAS VEGAS TO PAHRUMP. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. CHOPPY WATERS COULD MAKE FOR DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LAKE MEAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ020-260700- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE VALLEY WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...CENTENNIAL HILLS...LONE MOUNTAIN... SUMMERLIN...MOUNTAINS EDGE...RHODES RANCH AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>525-NVZ022-260700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 249 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 /249 PM MST TUE MAR 25 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO...MOHAVE...AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE STRONGEST LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT AND CAL-NEV-ARI. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WOLCOTT
552 WWUS75 KVEF 260622 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1122 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. NVZ019-261530- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 1122 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON UNTIL 8 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR EXPOSED RIDGES AND CANYON OPENINGS. AT 804 PM PDT...A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS RECORDED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT CHARLESTON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IS LIKELY DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN MID DAY WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ CAZ519-520-261530- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1122 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. AT 842 PM PDT...A GUST TO 53 MPH WAS RECORDED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDEPENDENCE. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-261530- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 1122 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE VALLEY WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-017-021-022-261530- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1122 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2014 /1122 PM MST TUE MAR 25 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS SHOULD INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...PEAK LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN DECREASE. * LOCATIONS: PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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
947 WWUS75 KVEF 261052 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 352 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. NVZ019-261800- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 352 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR EXPOSED RIDGES AND CANYON OPENINGS. AT 302 AM PDT...RED ROCK CANYON RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AND A SITE IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS RECORDED SEVERAL WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IS LIKELY DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ROUGH GOING FOR HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. IN ADDITION... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. 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. && $$ CAZ519-520-261800- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 352 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-261800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 352 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WHERE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE VALLEY WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT AROUND DAYBREAK. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-017-021-022-261800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 352 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 /352 AM MST WED MAR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN... BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
365 WWUS75 KVEF 261454 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 754 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. NVZ019-262300- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140326T1500Z/ /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 754 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING... HIGH WINDS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING TO BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING THRESHOLDS. DESPITE THE SLIGHT WEAKENING...STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE DAY. 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. && $$ CAZ519-520-262300- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 754 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ALONG THE CREST AND IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND UP TO 60 MPH IN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THEN DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT...IF NOT DANGEROUS...TRAVEL ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD GET BLOWN AWAY AND STRUCTURES COULD GET DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ020-262300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 754 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WHERE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE VALLEY WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE SOMEWHAT AROUND DAYBREAK. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-017-021-022-262300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.140326T1500Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 754 AM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 /754 AM MST WED MAR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURINGTHE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN... BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
270 WWUS75 KVEF 262237 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 337 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ519-520-262345- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- 337 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND OWENS VALLEY IS CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$ NVZ020-270600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ LAS VEGAS VALLEY- INCLUDING...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND 337 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 215 BELTWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-017-019-021-022-270600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN... PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 337 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 /337 PM MST WED MAR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN... BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FROM NEAR BARSTOW TO PRIMM AS WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM BARSTOW TO LUDLOW. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
804 WWUS75 KVEF 270144 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 644 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 AZZ001-003-036-CAZ524-NVZ016-017-019>022-270245- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 644 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 /644 PM MST WED MAR 26 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND EASTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING ACROSS THESE AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING AND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO ABATE THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 25 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ CAZ523-525-270600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 644 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35 MPH BY 11 PM. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS... * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. BLOWING DUST AND SAND COULD ABRUPTLY LOWER VISIBILITY. 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 NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. && $$
014 WWUS75 KVEF 270545 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1045 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 CAZ523-525-270645- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140327T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1045 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 40 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR NEAR FORT IRWIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT BUT SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY SETTLE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH FROM BARSTOW TO FORT IRWIN. $$
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 Mar 24, 9:22 AM MST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:22 AM MST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
922 AM PDT MON MAR 24 2014
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TODAY WITH
DRY CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. A STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHING THE COAST TUESDAY WILL MOVE INTO NEVADA BY
WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH
WIDESPREAD WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF LAS VEGAS. DRIER
CONDITIONS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
&&
.UPDATE...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW SWIRLING SOUTHWEST OF THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS WAS RESULTING IN AN AREA OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FROM LA PAZ
COUNTY ACROSS RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND INTO LA COUNTY AND THE OC. MODEL
500-300 MB LAYER RH FROM BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATES SOME OF
THIS MAY PUSH ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MOHAVE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SKY GRIDS WERE ADJUSTED AS A RESULT
ACROSS THESE AREAS. OTHERWISE A STELLAR SPRING DAY ACROSS THE AREA
IF YOU CAN GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS FAVORING TYPICAL
DIURNAL TRENDS THROUGH TODAY. OUTSIDE OF A FEW HIGH CLOUDS EXPECT A
CLEAR SKY.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER 10
KTS...ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN THE
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR EXCEPT
FEW-SCT CLOUDS AOA 25K FEET AT TIMES SOUTH OF A KNXP-KHII LINE.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 300 AM PDT MON MAR 24 2014
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY ENTERING
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST TODAY. THIS FEATURE WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDS TO PORTIONS OF THE FAR
SOUTHERN CWA THROUGH TODAY. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...BUT
WILL START TO INCREASE BY THE AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF BREEZY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA. HIRES MODELS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN THE LEE OF THE
SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALL THE HIRES MODELS INDICATE A FAIRLY PRONOUNCED
CRITICAL LAYER AND THERE IS INDICATION OF A MOUNTAIN TOP INVERSION
DEVELOPING ON THE BUFR SOUNDINGS. HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A HIGH WIND
WATCH FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND THE OWENS VALLEY FOR LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER POTENTIAL AREA
FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL BE THE LEE OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS TUESDAY
EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIRES MODELS ARE ALSO HITTING THIS
AREA PRETTY HARD FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS...BUT HAVE ELECTED TO HOLD OFF
ON A WATCH FOR NOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER MOST AREAS
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND A DEGREE OR TWO
WARMER TODAY THAN SUNDAY AND WILL RISE ANOTHER 2-4 DEGREES ON
TUESDAY WITH BETTER MIXING.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
WEDNESDAY REMAINS THE DAY OF CONCERN WEATHER WISE AS A PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS ARE STILL
ADJUSTING STORM DEPTH AND ASSOCIATED DETAILS RESULTING IN CONTINUED
LOW CONFIDENCE FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER ELEMENTS. THERE CURRENTLY
ARE TWO CAMPS REGARDING STORM DEPTH. THE ECMWF/GEM ARE DEEPER AND
WETTER WHILE THE GFS/NAM ARE SHALLOWER AND DRIER. CONFIDENCE IS A
LITTLE HIGHER IN MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION PLACEMENT WITH THE BEST
CHANCES OVER THE SIERRA AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES NORTH OF LAS
VEGAS. THE ECMWF HITS MOHAVE COUNTY FAIRLY HARD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
WHILE THE GFS/NAM FORECAST COMPLETELY DRY CONDITIONS. DUE TO THE
QUICK HITTING NATURE OF THE STORM SYSTEM...ANY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. THE TRACK AND ORIENTATION OF
THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO IMPACT THE WIND FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. MOS
NUMBERS SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR WIND ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. HOWEVER GIVEN ALL THE UNCERTAINTY...
WILL LET THE DAYSHIFT TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW DATA TO SEE IF MODELS
COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AND WHETHER ANY WIND/WINTER HAZARD
PRODUCTS ARE NEEDED.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...A RELATIVELY DIRTY NORTHWEST FLOW SETS UP AND
MODELS FORECAST A SERIES OF WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES MOVING
THROUGH THE FLOW. AS EACH OF THESE WEAK WAVES PASSES BY...THEY COULD
BRING ENHANCED CLOUD COVER AND MAYBE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE
SIERRA AND CENTRAL NEVADA MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE FORECAST
ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A
GENERAL SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW ON FRIDAY.
THE UPPER FLOW TURNS SOUTHWEST NEXT WEEKEND IN ANTICIPATION OF
ANOTHER APPROACHING PACIFIC SHORTWAVE. THIS WOULD BRING WARMER
TEMPERATURES...AN INCREASE IN SOUTHWEST WINDS AND OCCASIONAL HIGH
CLOUDS TO THE AREA.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...NONE.
AZ...NONE.
CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR CAZ519-520.
&&
UPDATE/AVIATION...STACHELSKI
PREVIOUS...GORELOW/SALMEN
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTERHazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 6:10 AM MST, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 610 AM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-250415- 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- 610 AM PDT MON MAR 24 2014 /610 AM MST MON MAR 24 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY WITH MOST AREAS SEEING BREEZY CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS MAINLY THE SIERRA...ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE...LINCOLN...AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES. MUCH COOLER...BUT DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO RISE. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:59 PM MST | High Wind Warning | VEF | Clark, Nye | 50 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:00 AM MST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Inyo | 11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.