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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 1, 2014, 1:57 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2014, 1:57 AM PDT (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 3738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763 WWUS75 KVEF 010857 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 157 AM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY AS A PACIFIC STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION... AZZ001-CAZ522-523-525-NVZ014-015-017-019-020000- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0034.141101T0857Z-141102T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA... HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK 157 AM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014 /157 AM MST SAT NOV 1 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH A BAND OF PRECIPITATION MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. AT ANY ONE LOCATION THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY ONLY LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. * LOCATIONS: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK...WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY...AS WELL AS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN INCLUDING LINCOLN...NYE...AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO GUSTY CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. EARLY SEASON WINDS MAY CAUSE HIGHER THAN USUAL AMOUNTS OF DOWNED TREE DEBRIS. 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. && $$ WOLCOTT
1 follow-up statement
325 WWUS75 KVEF 012100 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 200 PM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014 AZZ001-CAZ522-523-525-NVZ014-015-017-019-012200- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-141102T0000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON- 200 PM PDT SAT NOV 1 2014 /200 PM MST SAT NOV 1 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. AUTOMATED SENSORS ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT...SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA INDICATED WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 40 MPH AT ALMOST ALL SITES. SOUTHWEST GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY DIMINISHING WINDS AFTER SUNSET. $$
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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.