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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2016, 2:24 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 19, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2016, 2:24 PM PDT (21:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2016, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2016, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 16 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 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
517 WWUS75 KVEF 182124 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 224 PM PDT TUE OCT 18 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-191200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.161019T1500Z-161020T0700Z/ 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 224 PM PDT TUE OCT 18 2016 /224 PM MST TUE OCT 18 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS MAY OCCUR NEAR KATHERINE LANDING AND BULLHEAD CITY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND...RESULTING IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. CHOPPY WATER ON AREA LAKES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO BOATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CMS
4 follow-up statements
109 WWUS75 KVEF 191155 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 455 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-191515- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.161019T1500Z-161020T0700Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 455 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 /455 AM MST WED OCT 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS MAY OCCUR NEAR KATHERINE LANDING AND BULLHEAD CITY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND...RESULTING IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. CHOPPY WATER ON AREA LAKES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO BOATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. STRONG WINDS OVER THE OPEN WATERS WILL MAKE THE LAKE WATER ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
438 WWUS75 KVEF 191512 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 812 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-200300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161020T0700Z/ 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 812 AM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 /812 AM MST WED OCT 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING... THROUGH LATE EVENING TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS MAY OCCUR NEAR KATHERINE LANDING AND BULLHEAD CITY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND...RESULTING IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. CHOPPY WATER ON AREA LAKES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO BOATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
409 WWUS75 KVEF 200256 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 756 PM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-200700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161020T0700Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 756 PM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 /756 PM MST WED OCT 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING... THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS MAY OCCUR NEAR KATHERINE LANDING AND BULLHEAD CITY. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND...RESULTING IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. CHOPPY WATER ON AREA LAKES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO BOATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. STRONG WINDS OVER THE OPEN WATERS WILL MAKE THE LAKE WATER ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
171 WWUS75 KVEF 200642 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1142 PM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-200745- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-161020T0700Z/ 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 1142 PM PDT WED OCT 19 2016 /1142 PM MST WED OCT 19 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT /MIDNIGHT MST/ TONIGHT... WINDS HAD DECREASED A LITTLE IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH IN THE LAUGHLIN BULLHEAD CITY AREA THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 46 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.