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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2016, 2:25 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 26, 2016, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2016, 2:25 PM MST (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2016, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 3661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
292 WWUS75 KVEF 252125 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 225 PM PDT FRI MAR 25 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-261300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.160326T1300Z-160327T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 225 PM PDT FRI MAR 25 2016 /225 PM MST FRI MAR 25 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT /6 AM MST/ TO 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT /6 AM MST/ TO 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING SATURDAY...PEAK LATE SATURDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH * IMPACTS...CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND WILL MAKE FOR ROUGH WATER AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL WATERCRAFT. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ015>020-022-261300- /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.A.0005.160328T1900Z-160329T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...PRIMM.... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 225 PM PDT FRI MAR 25 2016 /225 PM MST FRI MAR 25 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE EVENING...AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
033 WWUS75 KVEF 261223 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 523 AM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 ...HIGH WINDS RETURN TO THE REGION TODAY AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRAVERSING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL YIELD HAZARDOUS WINDS IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MORE POTENT UPPER LOW THAT WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY...YIELDING HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-270000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.160326T1300Z-160327T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 523 AM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /523 AM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH * IMPACTS...CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AND WILL MAKE FOR ROUGH WATER AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL WATERCRAFT. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ015>020-022-270000- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0005.160328T1900Z-160329T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...PRIMM.... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 523 AM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /523 AM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE EVENING...AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
004 WWUS75 KVEF 262225 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 325 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 .WIDESPREAD STRONG OR HIGH WINDS AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. THIS IS DUE TO A COLD STORM EXPECTED TO DROP OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NEVADA. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-270000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 325 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /325 PM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CROSSWINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR ROUGH WATER AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL WATERCRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ015>020-022-270030- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0005.160328T1900Z-160329T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...PRIMM.... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 325 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /325 PM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE EVENING...AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES... VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE THAT ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL MONDAY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY IN SOME AREAS. && $$
286 WWUS75 KVEF 262344 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 444 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 .WIDESPREAD STRONG OR HIGH WINDS AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION. THIS IS DUE TO A COLD STORM EXPECTED TO DROP OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO NEVADA. AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-270045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 444 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /444 PM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PDT /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM. HOWEVER...GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM LAUGHLIN TO LAKE HAVASU INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ523>526-NVZ015>020-022-271200- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.A.0005.160328T1900Z-160329T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...PRIMM.... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 444 PM PDT SAT MAR 26 2016 /444 PM MST SAT MAR 26 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON...PEAK IN THE EVENING...AND DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. DRIVERS OF MOTORCYLES... VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND ANY HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE THAT ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL MONDAY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY IN SOME AREAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2:25 PM MST | High Wind Watch | VEF | Mohave | 36 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.