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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 10, 20164 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2016, 3:42 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 11, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2016, 3:42 PM PST (23:42 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Mar 12, 2016, 4:00 AM PST
In force
21 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 23:40 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 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

199 
WWUS75 KVEF 102342
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
342 PM PST THU MAR 10 2016

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017-110745-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T1500Z-160312T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...
HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY
342 PM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE BY MID-EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS AND
  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE OBJECTS 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. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD
RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN
BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CAZ523>525-NVZ019-022-110745-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T2100Z-160312T1200Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
342 PM PST THU MAR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK FRIDAY
  EVENING...AND DECREASE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55
  MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS AND
  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE OBJECTS 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. 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.

&&

$$

CMS
5 follow-up statements
661 
WWUS75 KVEF 110816
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1216 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017-111500-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T1500Z-160312T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...
HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY
1216 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE
  AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE BY MID-EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY
HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE
WINDS.

&&

$$

CAZ523>525-NVZ019-022-111500-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T2100Z-160312T1200Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
1216 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK THIS
  EVENING...AND DECREASE BY LATE TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 
  55 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY
HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE
WINDS.

&&

$$
872 
WWUS75 KVEF 111101
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
301 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

AZZ001-003-036-NVZ016-018-020-021-112000-
/O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T2100Z-160312T1200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
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...MOHAVE VALLEY...
MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...
HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN
301 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 /401 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST /2 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PST /2 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK LATER
  IN THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND DECREASE BY LATE TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017-112000-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T1500Z-160312T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...
HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY
301 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
PST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE BY MID-EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

CAZ523>525-NVZ019-022-112000-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T2100Z-160312T1200Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...
BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...
YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...
RED ROCK CANYON...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
301 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK LATER
  THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND DECREASE BY EARLY SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 
  55 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$
107 
WWUS75 KVEF 111944
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1144 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017-120300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160312T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...
HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY
1144 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON...AND
  DECREASE BY MID-EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYCLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-018>022-120300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.160311T2100Z-160312T1200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-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...MOHAVE VALLEY...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...
LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
1144 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 /1244 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PEAK EARLY
  THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 55 MPH
  MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYCLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$

CMS
670 
WWUS75 KVEF 120253
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
653 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

CAZ520-522-NVZ014-015-017-120400-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160312T0300Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY...
GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...
HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK...
AMARGOSA VALLEY
653 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...


$$

AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-018>022-121200-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160312T1200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-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...MOHAVE VALLEY...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...
LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
653 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 /753 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PEAK 
  EARLY THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  TONIGHT. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 55 
  MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM STRONG CROSSWINDS 
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LOOSE 
  OBJECTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF MOTORCYCLES...VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS.

&&

$$
213 
WWUS75 KVEF 121149
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
349 AM PST SAT MAR 12 2016

AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ016-018>022-121300-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160312T1200Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-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...MOHAVE VALLEY...
BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...
MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...
TWENTYNINE PALMS...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...
THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...
NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...
LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI
349 AM PST SAT MAR 12 2016 /449 AM MST SAT MAR 12 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ EARLY THIS
MORNING...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
DESERTS. OCCASIONAL WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH MAY BE OBSERVED
NEAR BARSTOW AND DAGGETT UNTIL SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...WIND GUSTS WILL
GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 30 MPH ACROSS THE REST OF THE MOJAVE DESERT
REGION.

$$

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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.