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Wind Advisory 41, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2016, 2:39 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Nov 24, 2016, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2016, 2:39 PM MST (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 15 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 21:42 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, 9.7 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
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
082 WWUS75 KVEF 232139 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 139 PM PST WED NOV 23 2016 CAZ519-520-232245- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-161123T2200Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 139 PM PST WED NOV 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE THREAT OF STRONG WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAS ENDED. BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WERE WORKING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE BRIEF ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH 4 PM BUT OVERALL THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS HAS DECREASED AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-241230- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0041.161124T1200Z-161125T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 139 PM PST WED NOV 23 2016 /239 PM MST WED NOV 23 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST /5 AM MST/ TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THANKSGIVING MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. WINDS ON LAKE MEAD WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LIGHTER. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON WEST-EAST ORIENTED ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
746 WWUS75 KVEF 241033 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 233 AM PST THU NOV 24 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-250300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0041.161124T1200Z-161125T0300Z/ 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 233 AM PST THU NOV 24 2016 /333 AM MST THU NOV 24 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THANKSGIVING MORNING AND WILL BE STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SOUTH OF HOOVER DAM. WINDS ON LAKE MEAD WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LIGHTER. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING DUE TO CROSSWINDS ON WEST-EAST ORIENTED ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND AND ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON LAKE MOHAVE AND LAKE HAVASU AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER. 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. && $$
748 WWUS75 KVEF 250250 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 650 PM PST THU NOV 24 2016 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-250400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161125T0300Z/ LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE HAVASU CITY...DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN...MOHAVE VALLEY...NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN 650 PM PST THU NOV 24 2016 /750 PM MST THU NOV 24 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ CMS
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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.