Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2016, 2:12 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2016, 2:12 AM PST (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 20 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 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 2778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
632 WWUS75 KVEF 131012 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 212 AM PST WED JAN 13 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA TODAY... CAZ519-131830- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.160113T1012Z-160114T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 212 AM PST WED JAN 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA CREST...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST AND EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. STRONG CROSSWINDS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS WILL IMPEDE DRIVING. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN EXPOSED TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED...WHITNEY PORTAL...ASPENDELL. 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 SNOW COVER COULD RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION IF PLANNING RECREATION IN THE SIERRA. && $$
2 follow-up statements
636 WWUS75 KVEF 131732 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 932 AM PST WED JAN 13 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA TODAY... CAZ519-140600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160114T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 932 AM PST WED JAN 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST AND EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. STRONG CROSSWINDS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS WILL IMPEDE DRIVING. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN EXPOSED TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED...WHITNEY PORTAL...ASPENDELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER SNOW COVER COULD RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION IF PLANNING RECREATION IN THE SIERRA. && $$ MORGAN
973 WWUS75 KVEF 140531 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 931 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016 CAZ519-140645- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160114T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 931 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS WERE DECREASING ACROSS THE SIERRA LATE THIS EVENING AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. $$ WOLCOTT
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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.