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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2017, 2:51 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada; Inyo County, California. It took effect at May 12, 2017, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2017, 2:51 PM PDT (21:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2017, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 12, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties Inyo County, CA, Clark County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV, Lincoln County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786 WWUS75 KVEF 112151 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 251 PM PDT Thu May 11 2017 CAZ522-NVZ014-015-017-019-121200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0033.170512T2000Z-170513T0300Z/ Death Valley National Park-Esmeralda and Central Nye County- Lincoln County-Western Clark and Southern Nye County- Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon- Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Shoshone, Beatty, Goldfield, Silver Peak, Dyer, Caliente, Pioche, Panaca, Hiko, Alamo, Rachel, Pahrump, Indian Springs, Desert Rock, Amargosa Valley, The Town Of Mt Charleston, and Red Rock Canyon 251 PM PDT Thu May 11 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM to 8 PM PDT Friday. * TIMING...Winds are expected to increase by late morning and early afternoon Friday with the strongest winds likely mid afternoon to early evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds in the Spring Mountains will likely be 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds will make driving difficult for motorcycles...large trucks...trailers and campers. For boaters...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. Localized areas of blowing dust and sand may reduce visibilities at times. Unsecured objects could be blown around. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
692 WWUS75 KVEF 121301 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 601 AM PDT Fri May 12 2017 CAZ522-NVZ014-015-017-019-122315- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0033.170512T2000Z-170513T0300Z/ Death Valley National Park-Esmeralda and Central Nye County- Lincoln County-Western Clark and Southern Nye County- Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon- Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Shoshone, Beatty, Goldfield, Silver Peak, Dyer, Caliente, Pioche, Panaca, Hiko, Alamo, Rachel, Pahrump, Indian Springs, Desert Rock, Amargosa Valley, The Town Of Mt Charleston, and Red Rock Canyon 601 AM PDT Fri May 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Winds are expected to increase by late morning and early afternoon Friday with the strongest winds likely mid afternoon to early evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds in the Spring Mountains will likely be 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds will make driving difficult for motorcycles... large trucks...trailers and campers. For boaters...strong winds over the open waters will make the lake water rough and hazardous...and may result in high waves which may tip or swamp smaller craft. Localized areas of blowing dust and sand may reduce visibilities at times. Unsecured objects could be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
103 WWUS75 KVEF 121954 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1254 PM PDT Fri May 12 2017 CAZ522-NVZ014-015-017-019-130300- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0033.170512T2000Z-170513T0300Z/ Death Valley National Park-Esmeralda and Central Nye County- Lincoln County-Western Clark and Southern Nye County- Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon- Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Shoshone, Beatty, Goldfield, Silver Peak, Dyer, Caliente, Pioche, Panaca, Hiko, Alamo, Rachel, Pahrump, Indian Springs, Desert Rock, Amargosa Valley, The Town Of Mt Charleston, and Red Rock Canyon 1254 PM PDT Fri May 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Strong winds are expected throughout the afternoon into this evening before decreasing somewhat later this evening. * WINDS...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Winds in the Spring Mountains will be 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * IMPACTS...Winds will make driving difficult for motorcycles... large trucks...trailers and campers. For boaters...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. Localized areas of blowing dust and sand may reduce visibilities at times. Unsecured objects could be blown around. 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. && $$
287 WWUS75 KVEF 130247 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 747 PM PDT Fri May 12 2017 CAZ522-NVZ014-015-017-019-130400- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-170513T0300Z/ Death Valley National Park-Esmeralda and Central Nye County- Lincoln County-Western Clark and Southern Nye County- Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon- Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Shoshone, Beatty, Goldfield, Silver Peak, Dyer, Caliente, Pioche, Panaca, Hiko, Alamo, Rachel, Pahrump, Indian Springs, Desert Rock, Amargosa Valley, The Town Of Mt Charleston, and Red Rock Canyon 747 PM PDT Fri May 12 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds will gradually decrease through the rest of the evening hours as a cold front running from near Bishop to Tonopah moves southeast into the Mojave Desert overnight. The Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 8 pm. $$
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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.