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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2016, 2:40 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Apr 27, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2016, 2:40 AM PDT (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:40 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 00:00Z, 9.7 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
- 3060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
318 WWUS75 KVEF 270940 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 240 AM PDT WED APR 27 2016 CAZ523-271830- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.160427T1800Z-160428T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 240 AM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED LATE THIS MORNING AND PEAK IN THE MID AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY EASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF DENSE BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
987 WWUS75 KVEF 271814 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1114 AM PDT WED APR 27 2016 CAZ523-280600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160428T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1114 AM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY EASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF DENSE BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
568 WWUS75 KVEF 272120 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 220 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 NVZ014-280600- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.160428T1500Z-160429T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 220 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ CAZ523-280600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160428T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 220 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY EASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF DENSE BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
799 WWUS75 KVEF 280613 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1113 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 CAZ523-280715- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160428T0600Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 1113 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST BUT HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST REMAIN POSSIBLE. $$ NVZ014-281530- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.160428T1500Z-160429T0300Z/ ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1113 PM PDT WED APR 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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.