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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Las Vegas, NV

October 14, 2014Inyo County, California

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.