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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Sep 24, 2016, 9:27 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Sep 25, 2016, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2016, 9:27 PM MST (04:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2016, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 3699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
051 WWUS75 KVEF 250427 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 927 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-251515- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.160925T1500Z-160926T0200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 927 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2016 /927 PM MST SAT SEP 24 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PDT /7 PM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PDT /7 PM MST/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. STRONG WINDS OVER THE OPEN WATERS WILL MAKE THE LAKE WATER ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
778 WWUS75 KVEF 251315 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 615 AM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-260200- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.160925T1500Z-160926T0200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 615 AM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 /615 AM MST SUN SEP 25 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING EARLY MORNING...PEAKING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. STRONG WINDS OVER THE OPEN WATERS WILL MAKE THE LAKE WATER ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
109 WWUS75 KVEF 260133 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 633 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-260245- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-160926T0200Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 633 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2016 /633 PM MST SUN SEP 25 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT /7 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS THAT IMPACTED THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY EARLIER TODAY BETWEEN BULLHEAD CITY AND NEEDLES HAVE STARTED TO DIMINISH. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$
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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.