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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2014, 3:29 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2014, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2014, 3:29 PM MST (22:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2014, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2014, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 10 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 22:30 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, 10.5 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
- 2909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074 WWUS75 KVEF 132229 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 229 PM PST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE MOJAVE DESERT TUESDAY. THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL AID IN CREATING THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU CITY. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-140930- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.140114T1600Z-140115T0200Z/ 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 229 PM PST MON JAN 13 2014 /329 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AND COLORADO RIVER OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: INCREASING BY MID MORNING...PEAKING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MOHAVE...KATHERINE LANDING...BULLHEAD CITY...LAUGHLIN...FORT MOHAVE...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY, * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS AND OPEN FIELDS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
989 WWUS75 KVEF 132353 CCA NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 352 PM PST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE MOJAVE DESERT TUESDAY. THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL AID IN CREATING THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU CITY. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-141115- /O.COR.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.140114T1600Z-140115T0200Z/ 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 352 PM PST MON JAN 13 2014 /452 PM MST MON JAN 13 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AND COLORADO RIVER OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: INCREASING BY MID MORNING...PEAKING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MOHAVE...KATHERINE LANDING...BULLHEAD CITY...LAUGHLIN...FORT MOHAVE...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS AND OPEN FIELDS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. 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. && $$
752 WWUS75 KVEF 141032 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 232 AM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE MOJAVE DESERT TODAY. THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL AID IN CREATING THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU CITY. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-141900- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.140114T1600Z-140115T0200Z/ 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 232 AM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 /332 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU AND LAKE MOHAVE AND THE COLORADO RIVER OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: INCREASING BY MID MORNING...PEAKING IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MOHAVE...KATHERINE LANDING...BULLHEAD CITY... LAUGHLIN...FORT MOHAVE...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS AND OPEN FIELDS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. 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. && $$
766 WWUS75 KVEF 141608 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 808 AM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CREATE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE MOJAVE DESERT TODAY. THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL AID IN CREATING THE STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU CITY. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-150200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0200Z/ 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 808 AM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 /908 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...LAKE HAVASU...LAKE MOHAVE...AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS: NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MOHAVE...KATHERINE LANDING...BULLHEAD CITY... LAUGHLIN...FORT MOHAVE...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS AND OPEN FIELDS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY CHOPPY WATERS AND GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH COULD CAPSIZE OR SWAMP SMALL CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR OUTINGS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. IF YOU DO VENTURE OUT ONTO THE LAKES...AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. 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
693 WWUS75 KVEF 150150 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 550 PM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-150300- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0200Z/ 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 550 PM PST TUE JAN 14 2014 /650 PM MST TUE JAN 14 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS WERE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MORGAN
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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.