Alert archive / California / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2016, 2:47 AM PST for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2016, 3:00 PM PST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2016, 2:47 AM PST (10:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2016, 3:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2016, 2:09 PM PST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
714 WWUS75 KVEF 141047 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 247 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016 CAZ519-142300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.160114T2300Z-160115T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 247 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON PST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAK OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASE LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AND USE HEADLIGHTS IF AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ENCOUNTERED. && $$ WOLCOTT
5 follow-up statements
351 WWUS75 KVEF 142230 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 230 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 CAZ523-525-150800- /O.EXB.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.160115T1600Z-160116T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 230 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND IN THE MORONGO BASIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON INTERSTATE 15 AND 40 NEAR BARSTOW. USE EXTRA CAUTION AS BLOWING DUST COULD RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ CAZ519-150800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.160114T2300Z-160115T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 230 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASE LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AND USE HEADLIGHTS IF AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ENCOUNTERED. && $$
416 WWUS75 KVEF 150733 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1133 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 CAZ519-151630- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1133 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AND USE HEADLIGHTS IF AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ENCOUNTERED. && $$ CAZ523-525-151630- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.160115T1600Z-160116T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1133 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT THIS MORNING AND IN THE MORONGO BASIN LATE THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON INTERSTATE 15 AND 40 NEAR BARSTOW. USE EXTRA CAUTION AS BLOWING DUST COULD RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ WOLCOTT
088 WWUS75 KVEF 151622 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 822 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 CAZ523-525-160000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 822 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND THE MORONGO BASIN... * TIMING...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT THIS MORNING AND INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST IN THE MORONGO BASIN LATER THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND LOWER VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON INTERSTATE 15 AND 40 NEAR BARSTOW. USE EXTRA CAUTION AS BLOWING DUST COULD RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$ CAZ519-152000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 822 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY LATER THIS MORNING. * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. * IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE TRAVELING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING AND USE HEADLIGHTS IF AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ENCOUNTERED. && $$
851 WWUS75 KVEF 151935 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1135 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 CAZ519-152045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T2000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY 1135 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS IS RAPIDLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA AND ADVISORY LEVELS WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ CAZ523-525-160000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 1135 AM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN... * TIMING...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND THE MORONGO BASIN THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE RAPIDLY DECREASING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TWENTYNINE PALMS AREA. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND AND DUST COULD LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONG CROSS WINDS ON INTERSTATE 15 AND 40 AND HIGHWAY 62. DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS BLOWING SAND COULD RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. && $$
828 WWUS75 KVEF 152209 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 209 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 CAZ523-525-152315- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160116T0000Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN... MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS 209 PM PST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND MORONGO BASIN IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in California, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.