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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2017, 1:20 PM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at May 25, 2017, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2017, 1:20 PM PDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2017, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2017, 12:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County San Bernardino County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
609 WWUS75 KVEF 252020 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 120 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 CAZ523-260430- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0035.170525T2100Z-170526T0700Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 120 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until midnight PDT tonight. * TIMING...winds picking up this afternoon and lasting through this evening. * WINDS...wind speeds 25-35 mph with wind gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Localized areas of blowing sand and dust. Loose objects may be picked up. 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 when driving. && $$
2 follow-up statements
868 WWUS75 KVEF 260345 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 845 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 CAZ523-260700- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-170526T0700Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 845 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...through this evening. * WINDS...wind speeds 25-35 mph with wind gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Localized areas of blowing sand and dust. Loose objects may be picked up. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution when driving. && $$
717 WWUS75 KVEF 260653 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1153 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 CAZ523-260800- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-170526T0700Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 1153 PM PDT Thu May 25 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... Winds have diminished this evening and are expected to weaken additionally overnight. Therefore, the wind advisory has been allowed to expire. $$
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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.