Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2016, 2:51 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2016, 2:51 AM PDT (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 3:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:53 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 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
184 WWUS75 KVEF 290951 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 251 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 CAZ523-291800- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0015.160329T1000Z-160329T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 251 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. 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. && $$ AZZ001-003-CAZ522-524-525-NVZ015>020-022-291100- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...CALIENTE... PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON... MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS...DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON...RED ROCK CANYON... LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY...PRIMM.... SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 251 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 /251 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2016/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT /3 AM MST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CAZ519-291100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 251 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES THIS MORNING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ520-521-526-527-NVZ014-021-291100- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160329T1000Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...WESTGARD PASS... BRISTLECONE PINE...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 251 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 /251 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT /3 AM MST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THOSE LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
1 follow-up statement
432 WWUS75 KVEF 291807 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1107 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 CAZ523-291915- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-160329T1800Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1107 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
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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.