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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2014, 1:55 PM PDT for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Oct 14, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2014, 1:55 PM PDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 3723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WWUS75 KVEF 142055 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 155 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... CAZ519-151200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.141015T0000Z-141015T1800Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL 155 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 T0 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING PEAK AROUND SUNRISE THEN DECREASE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING ASPENDELL AND WHITNEY PORTAL. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. EARLY SEASON WINDS MAY CAUSE HIGHER THAN USUAL AMOUNTS OF DOWNED TREE DEBRIS IN THE AREA. 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. && $$ WOLCOTT
2 follow-up statements
015 WWUS75 KVEF 150941 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 241 AM PDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... CAZ519-151800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-141015T1800Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL 241 AM PDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 T0 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING PEAK AROUND SUNRISE THENDECREASE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING ASPENDELL AND WHITNEY PORTAL. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. EARLY SEASON WINDS MAY CAUSE HIGHER THAN USUAL AMOUNTS OF DOWNED TREE DEBRIS IN THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
039 WWUS75 KVEF 151739 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1039 AM PDT WED OCT 15 2014 CAZ519-151845- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-141015T1800Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL 1039 AM PDT WED OCT 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. WINDS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WERE DECREASING THIS MORNING...AND 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.