Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 20, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Dec 15, 2016, 5:49 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2016, 5:49 AM PST (13:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 6 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 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 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
- 2180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
653 WWUS75 KVEF 151349 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 CAZ519-152000- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-161215T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0020.161215T1349Z-161215T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH IN PASSES AND EXPOSED AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS ON HIGHWAY 168 BETWEEN BISHOP AND ASPENDELL AND ON WHITNEY PORTAL ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS...RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN DUST PRONE AREAS AND LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ CAZ520-152000- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0020.161215T1349Z-161215T2000Z/ OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES AND WILL IMPACT PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO UP 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 395 IN THE OWENS VALLEY CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE...AND CAN RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN DUST PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WARNING AREA. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NVZ019-152000- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0019.161216T0600Z-161217T0800Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON LATE THIS EVENING WITH HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS ABOVE 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ON STATE ROUTE 159 THROUGH RED ROCK CANYON AS WELL AS KYLE CANYON...LEE CANYON AND DEER CREEK ROADS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. THE FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$ CAZ522-523-525-152000- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0019.161216T0600Z-161217T1200Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE BARSTOW AREA AND TWENTYNINE PALMS AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 247 AND 62. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ524-526-NVZ014>018-020>022-152000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0048.161216T1200Z-161217T0800Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- CADIZ BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... VIDAL JUNCTION...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 549 AM PST THU DEC 15 2016 /649 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
600 WWUS75 KVEF 152000 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1200 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 CAZ519-520-152100- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161215T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1200 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... WIND HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE, THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND THE OWENS VALLEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NVZ019-161200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0019.161216T0600Z-161217T0800Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 1200 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND RED ROCK CANYON LATE THIS EVENING WITH HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS ABOVE 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ON STATE ROUTE 159 THROUGH RED ROCK CANYON AS WELL AS KYLE CANYON...LEE CANYON AND DEER CREEK ROADS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. THE FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HIGH WINDS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$ CAZ522-523-525-161200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0019.161216T0600Z-161217T1200Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1200 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE BARSTOW AREA AND TWENTYNINE PALMS AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 65 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 247 AND 62. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ524-526-NVZ014>018-020>022-161200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0048.161216T1200Z-161217T0800Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- CADIZ BASIN-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... VIDAL JUNCTION...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE... OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 1200 PM PST THU DEC 15 2016 /100 PM MST THU DEC 15 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST /1 AM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 15 AND 40 AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 93 AND 95...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS... TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. && $$
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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.