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Wind Advisory 37, NWS Las Vegas, NV

October 22, 2016Inyo County, California; Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 22, 2016, 2:31 AM PDT for Inyo County, California; Esmeralda County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2016, 2:31 AM PDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2016, 2:39 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Inyo County, CA, Esmeralda County, NV, Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WWUS75 KVEF 220931
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
231 AM PDT SAT OCT 22 2016

CAZ519>522-NVZ014-222300-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.161023T1900Z-161024T0300Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...WESTGARD PASS...
BRISTLECONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
231 AM PDT SAT OCT 22 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MID DAY SUNDAY...PEAK SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE
  TO CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY FENCES AND STRUCTURES
  MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED AND LOOSE OBJECTS DISPLACED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA...PARTICULARLY ON HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.

&&

$$

WOLCOTT
3 follow-up statements
230 
WWUS75 KVEF 222235
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
335 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2016

CAZ519>522-NVZ014-231230-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.161023T1900Z-161024T0300Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...WESTGARD PASS...
BRISTLECONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
335 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING...PEAK SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY FENCES AND 
  STRUCTURES MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED AND LOOSE OBJECTS DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA...PARTICULARLY WITH HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OR TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.

&&

$$

CMS
575 
WWUS75 KVEF 230912
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
212 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2016

CAZ519>522-NVZ014-240300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.161023T1900Z-161024T0300Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...WESTGARD PASS...
BRISTLECONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
212 AM PDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...PEAK THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS CAN CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  DUE TO CROSSWINDS AND BLOWING DUST. TEMPORARY FENCES AND 
  STRUCTURES MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED AND LOOSE OBJECTS DISPLACED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA...PARTICULARLY WITH
HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OR TEMPORARY
STRUCTURES.

&&

$$

WOLCOTT
007 
WWUS75 KVEF 232139
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
239 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2016

CAZ519>522-NVZ014-232245-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-161024T0300Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP...
INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...WESTGARD PASS...
BRISTLECONE PINE...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS...SHOSHONE...
BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
239 PM PDT SUN OCT 23 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DO
NOT LOOK LIKE THEY WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION SO THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.