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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2014, 12:35 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 28, 2014, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2014, 12:35 PM MST (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2014, 1:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 3198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
308 WWUS75 KVEF 281935 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1135 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM APPROACHING WILL COMBINE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AZZ002-003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ021-022-010400- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.140228T2000Z-140301T0400Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1135 AM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 /1235 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: MAINLY SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS: INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YUCCA VALLEY... BARSTOW... FORT IRWIN...TWENTY NINE PALMS...BAKER...NEEDLES...LAKE HAVASU CITY...SEARCHLIGHT...KINGMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS. * IMPACTS: POSSIBLE BLOWING DEBRIS...SAND AND DUST. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO POSSIBLE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND CROSSWINDS. 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
889 WWUS75 KVEF 010339 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 739 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 AZZ002-003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ021-022-010600- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140301T0600Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 739 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 /839 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS: MAINLY SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR SHOWERS. * LOCATIONS: PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI...HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN...NEEDLES...VIDAL JUNCTION...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...LAKE HAVASU... DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK * IMPACTS: POSSIBLE BLOWING DEBRIS...SAND AND DUST. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ MORGAN
515 WWUS75 KVEF 010536 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 936 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 AZZ002-003-036-CAZ523>527-NVZ021-022-010645- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140301T0600Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK... KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP... YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION... NEEDLES...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 936 PM PST FRI FEB 28 2014 /1036 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WINDS HAD BEGUN TO SUBSIDE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG GUSTS MAY STILL OCCUR...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAD ENDED. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1:17 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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.