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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Apr 25, 2016, 10:43 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 10 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2016, 10:43 AM PDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 8:29 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:13 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Ene Fort Irwin, CA | AWOS STATION FORT IRWIN BICYCLE LAKE AIRFIELD /BYS/ |
| Apr 25, 1:15 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 39 | 4 Se Chino, CA | ASOS STATION CHINO AIRPORT /CNO/ |
| Apr 25, 1:51 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 30 Ssw Trona, CA | MESONET STATION RANDSBURG 4 E /SQSC1/ |
| Apr 25, 4:00 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | Wrightwood, CA | |
| Apr 25, 5:35 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 48 | 1 Nw George Afb, CA | AWOS STATION VICTORVILLE AIRPORT /VCV/ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS75 KVEF 251743 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1043 AM PDT MON APR 25 2016 .A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS. CAZ523-260600- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0011.160425T1743Z-160426T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1043 AM PDT MON APR 25 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH AND...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ CAZ524-NVZ022-260600- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 1043 AM PDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CAZ525-NVZ014-260600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1043 AM PDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MORONGO BASIN AS WELL AS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES... * TIMING...STRONG POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ002-003-CAZ526-527-260600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.160425T2000Z-160426T0600Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES 1043 AM PDT MON APR 25 2016 /1043 AM MST MON APR 25 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY... * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOCALIZED WIND PRONE LOCATIONS MAY SEE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS... ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
817 WWUS75 KVEF 260329 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 829 PM PDT MON APR 25 2016 .A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS. CAZ523-260430- /O.CAN.KVEF.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 829 PM PDT MON APR 25 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING THIS EVENING AND ARE NOW WELL BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. ISOLATED GUSTY CONDITIONS MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT SHOULD BE QUITE LOCALIZED. $$ AZZ002-003-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ022-260430- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE... WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 829 PM PDT MON APR 25 2016 /829 PM MST MON APR 25 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...THE EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT....SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ CAZ525-NVZ014-260600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T0600Z/ MORONGO BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 829 PM PDT MON APR 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE . * WINDS...WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.