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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2017, 1:32 PM PST for Inyo County, California; Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 3, 2017, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2017, 1:32 PM PST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2017, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2017, 2:00 AM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
333 WWUS75 KVEF 022132 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 132 PM PST THU FEB 2 2017 CAZ519-520-031200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T2000Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 132 PM PST THU FEB 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 2 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 2 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-DAY FRIDAY...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...IN THE SIERRA...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS...IN THE OWENS VALLEY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL SUDDEN GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOWER VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ019-031200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T1500Z-170204T0500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 132 PM PST THU FEB 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM PST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING...PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SLOPES. THE FAR WESTERN OR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO SEE GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF RED ROCK CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ WOLCOTT
5 follow-up statements
424 WWUS75 KVEF 031134 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 334 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 CAZ519-520-031500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T2000Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 334 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-DAY TODAY...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...IN THE SIERRA...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS...IN THE OWENS VALLEY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL SUDDEN GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOWER VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ019-031500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T1500Z-170204T0500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 334 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SLOPES. THE FAR WESTERN OR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO SEE GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF RED ROCK CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ MORGAN
499 WWUS75 KVEF 031438 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 638 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 CAZ519-520-032000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T2000Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 638 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MID-DAY TODAY...PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...IN THE SIERRA...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS...IN THE OWENS VALLEY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL SUDDEN GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOWER VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ019-032000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T1500Z-170204T0500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 638 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SLOPES. THE FAR WESTERN OR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO SEE GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF RED ROCK CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ MORGAN
265 WWUS75 KVEF 031743 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 943 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 CAZ519-520-040500- /O.EXT.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.170203T1743Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 943 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...IN THE SIERRA...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS...IN THE OWENS VALLEY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL SUDDEN GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOWER VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ NVZ019-040500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170204T0500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 943 AM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN SLOPES. THE FAR WESTERN OR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY MAY ALSO SEE GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF RED ROCK CANYON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$ WOLCOTT
400 WWUS75 KVEF 040443 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 843 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 NVZ019-040545- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170204T0500Z/ SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON- INCLUDING...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK CANYON 843 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS WERE DECREASING THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. SOME ISOLATED GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ CAZ519-520-041000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 843 PM PST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PST SATURDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SIERRA AND FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT IN THOSE AREAS. * WINDS...IN THE SIERRA...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTS TO 55 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS...IN THE OWENS VALLEY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. IN THE SIERRA...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SUDDEN CROSSWINDS CAN CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND CAN OVERTURN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS CAN LOWER VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THE OWENS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RIDGECREST AND LONE PINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVERS SHOULD CHECK WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. && $$
929 WWUS75 KVEF 040943 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 143 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ519-520-041045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170204T1000Z/ EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA 143 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES OR IN THE OWENS VALLEY. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM. $$ SALMEN
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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.