Alert archive / California / High Wind Warnings in 2017
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this high wind warning at Jan 1, 2017, 10:27 PM PST for Inyo County, California. It was in force for 24 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2017, 10:27 PM PST (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:42 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 5 Nw Independence, CA | . |
| Jan 1, 10:42 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 5 Nw Independence, CA | GUSTS OF 58-64 MPH WERE RECORDED AT OAK CREEK RAWS FROM 2142 PST TO 2342 PST. |
| Jan 2, 1:43 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ese Round Valley, CA | SPOTTER REPORTS WIND GUSTS OF 63 AND 65 MPH. |
| Jan 2, 4:17 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 7 N Olancha, CA | THREE BIG RIGS WERE BLOWN OVER IN THE OWENS VALLEY ON HIGHWAY 395 NORTH OF OLANCA NEAR ASH CREEK ROAD BETWEEN 1617 PST AND 1629 PST. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. GUSTS OF 62-75 MPH WERE RECORDED AT OAK CREEK RAWS NEAR INDEPENDENCE FROM 1442 PST TO 1642 PST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
876 WWUS75 KVEF 020627 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1027 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2017 CAZ519-520-021430- /O.UPG.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.HW.W.0001.170102T0627Z-170103T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 1027 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH AREAS OF GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. FOR THE SIERRA ABOVE 5000 FEET...GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH INYO COUNTY. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ019>022-021430- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 1027 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2017 /1127 PM MST SUN JAN 1 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF RIDGELINES. GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH CLARK AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$
4 follow-up statements
957 WWUS75 KVEF 021415 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 615 AM PST MON JAN 2 2017 CAZ519-520-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 615 AM PST MON JAN 2 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH AREAS OF GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. FOR THE SIERRA ABOVE 5000 FEET...GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH INYO COUNTY. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ019>022-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 615 AM PST MON JAN 2 2017 /715 AM MST MON JAN 2 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF RIDGELINES. GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH CLARK AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$
141 WWUS75 KVEF 022152 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 152 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 CAZ519-520-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 152 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH AREAS OF GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. FOR THE SIERRA ABOVE 5000 FEET... GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH INYO COUNTY. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$ AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ019>022-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 152 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 /252 PM MST MON JAN 2 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST /11 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF RIDGELINES. GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH CLARK AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS INCLUDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$
333 WWUS75 KVEF 030353 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 753 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 AZZ001-003-036-CAZ523>525-NVZ019>022-030500- /O.CAN.KVEF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-SPRING MOUNTAINS- RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBELL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY...DOLAN SPRINGS... VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER... MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY...HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI 753 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 /853 PM MST MON JAN 2 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT. WINDS HAD DECREASED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING, SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ CAZ519-520-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 753 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...FOR THE OWENS VALLEY...GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH AREAS OF GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. FOR THE SIERRA ABOVE 5000 FEET... GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SUDDEN CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH INYO COUNTY. HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSSWINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CHECK FOR TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. && $$ MORGAN
509 WWUS75 KVEF 030547 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 947 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 CAZ519-520-030700- /O.EXP.KVEF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 947 PM PST MON JAN 2 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS IN THE EASTERN SIERRA AND THE OWENS VALLEY WERE DECREASING THIS EVENING, SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MORGAN
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.