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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Las Vegas, NV

July 9, 2016San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jul 9, 2016, 2:14 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 2:14 PM PDT (21:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 10:00 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 21:15 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, 9.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

966 
WWUS75 KVEF 092114
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
214 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2016

CAZ523-101100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.160710T1700Z-160711T0500Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
214 PM PDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THE
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
  WITH SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
132 
WWUS75 KVEF 101035
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
335 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

CAZ523-101845-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.160710T1700Z-160711T0500Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
335 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. 

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS WITH SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST AT 
  TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CMS
356 
WWUS75 KVEF 101826
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1126 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

CAZ523-110500-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160711T0500Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
1126 AM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE
  DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS WITH SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST AT 
  TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
583 
WWUS75 KVEF 110448
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
948 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

CAZ523-110600-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-160711T0500Z/
WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN
948 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,
SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MORGAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:11 PM PDTRed Flag WarningVEFSan Bernardino32 hr

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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.