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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2016, 2:06 PM PDT for Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Apr 29, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2016, 2:06 PM PDT (21:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 5:05 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
247 WWUS75 KVEF 292106 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 206 PM PDT FRI APR 29 2016 CAZ523-301200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.160430T0000Z-160430T1200Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 206 PM PDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 25 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. && $$ CAZ520-522-NVZ014-301200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.160430T1200Z-160501T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 206 PM PDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
570 WWUS75 KVEF 301155 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 CAZ523-301300- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160430T1200Z/ WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON WHERE WIND GUSTS APPROACH 40 MPH FROM THE NORTH. SO...REMAIN PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. $$ CAZ520-522-NVZ014-010300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.160430T1200Z-160501T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 455 AM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
898 WWUS75 KVEF 010005 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 505 PM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-010115- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160501T0300Z/ OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...BEATTY... GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 505 PM PDT SAT APR 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:21 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | Clark | 114 min |
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.