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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2014, 2:17 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at May 18, 2014, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2014, 2:17 PM PDT (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2014, 3:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2014, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 21 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 21:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600 WWUS75 KVEF 172117 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 217 PM PDT SAT MAY 17 2014 .AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WEST WINDS TO NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO MOHAVE COUNTY SUNDAY. AZZ001-003-181100- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.140518T1800Z-140519T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 217 PM MST SAT MAY 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...GOLDEN VALLEY...HIGHWAYS 93 AND 68...INTERSTATE 40. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ523-181100- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.140518T1800Z-140519T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 217 PM PDT SAT MAY 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...FORT IRWIN...DAGGETT...YERMO...INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MORGAN
4 follow-up statements
941 WWUS75 KVEF 180940 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 240 AM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WELL INTO THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SPREAD WEST AND AFFECT NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL CREATE SOME LOCAL SPOTS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CAZ523-181800- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.140518T1000Z-140519T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 240 AM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. STRONGEST PEAK GUSTS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...FORT IRWIN...DAGGETT...YERMO... INTERSTATES 15 AND 40. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-181800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.140518T1800Z-140519T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 240 AM MST SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU OF MOHAVE COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY...PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: KINGMAN...COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...GOLDEN VALLEY...HIGHWAYS 93 AND 68...INTERSTATE 40. * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
618 WWUS75 KVEF 181737 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1037 AM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WELL INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL LOCALLY RAISE BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AZZ001-003-190300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.140518T1800Z-140519T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 1037 AM MST SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND DECREASE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COLORADO CITY...PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT... TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ CAZ523-190300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1037 AM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MORGAN
230 WWUS75 KVEF 190250 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 750 PM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WELL INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTHWEST ARIZONA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL LOCALLY RAISE BLOWING DUST AND SAND WHICH COULD LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AZZ001-003-190400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL...KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA 750 PM MST SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... WIND ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE BUT WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$ CAZ523-190700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 750 PM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN DECREASE LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS: BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BERC
326 WWUS75 KVEF 190652 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1152 PM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 CAZ523-190800- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T0700Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1152 PM PDT SUN MAY 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. WIND HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE BUT WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT. $$ BERC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:06 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Mohave | 40 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.