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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Sep 26, 2014, 2:53 AM PDT for Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Sep 26, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2014, 2:53 AM PDT (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
318 WWUS75 KVEF 260953 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 253 AM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NVZ014-015-270300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0031.140926T1800Z-140927T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 253 AM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS: DYER...GOLDFIELD...BEATTY...SCOTTY'S JUNCTION...RACHEL...HIKO...PIOCHE * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING DUST CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
883 WWUS75 KVEF 261948 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1248 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. NVZ014-015-270300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 1248 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS: CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO... RACHEL...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. BLOWING DUST CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
966 WWUS75 KVEF 270253 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 753 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 NVZ014-015-270400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-140927T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL 753 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY. $$ WOLCOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 11:50 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | Clark, Lincoln, Nye | 27 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:52 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | VEF | Clark | 12 hr |
Nearby
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.