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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2016, 2:43 AM PDT for Lincoln County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2016, 2:43 AM PDT (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, Lincoln County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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 114 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
- 3328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
186 WWUS75 KVEF 040943 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 243 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-042300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0022.160504T1800Z-160505T0300Z/ 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 243 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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 UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-042300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.160505T1800Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 243 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 /243 AM MST WED MAY 4 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CMS
5 follow-up statements
697 WWUS75 KVEF 041747 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1047 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-050300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0022.160504T1800Z-160505T0300Z/ 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 1047 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS ARE INCREASING THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAMP UP AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE OWENS VALLEY AND DEATH VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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 UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-050300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.160505T1800Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 1047 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 /1047 AM MST WED MAY 4 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
316 WWUS75 KVEF 042239 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 339 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-050300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160505T0300Z/ 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 339 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AND MAY GUST A LITTLE HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE OWENS VALLEY AND DEATH VALLEY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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 UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-050300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.160505T1800Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 339 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 /339 PM MST WED MAY 4 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
266 WWUS75 KVEF 050244 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 744 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 CAZ520-522-NVZ014-050345- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160505T0300Z/ 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 744 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ001-003-NVZ015-051800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.160505T1800Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 744 PM PDT WED MAY 4 2016 /744 PM MST WED MAY 4 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CMS
919 WWUS75 KVEF 051003 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 303 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016 AZZ001-003-NVZ015-060300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.160505T1800Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN 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...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 303 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016 /303 AM MST THU MAY 5 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. 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 UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
900 WWUS75 KVEF 051815 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1115 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016 AZZ001-003-NVZ015-060300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-160506T0300Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 1115 AM PDT THU MAY 5 2016 /1115 AM MST THU MAY 5 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY BY LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH OF MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. POCKETS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:43 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | Esmeralda, Nye | 17 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.