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Wind Advisory 42, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2017, 2:25 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 14, 2017, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017, 2:25 AM PDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2017, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2017, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 28 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 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 4097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
997 WWUS75 KVEF 130925 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 225 AM PDT Fri Oct 13 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-132200- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.171014T1700Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 225 AM PDT Fri Oct 13 2017 /225 AM MST Fri Oct 13 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ Saturday to 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ Sunday. * TIMING...Winds will increase late morning Saturday...peak through Saturday afternoon and again Sunday morning before decreasing early Sunday afternoon. * WINDS...North 20-30 mph, gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Boaters in the Wind Advisory area should use extreme caution when venturing onto area lakes. 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. For your personal safety...avoid the open waters. Stay close to shore or around protected areas. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
070 WWUS75 KVEF 132131 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 231 PM PDT Fri Oct 13 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-141100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.171014T1700Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 231 PM PDT Fri Oct 13 2017 /231 PM MST Fri Oct 13 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...Winds will increase late morning Saturday...peak through Saturday afternoon and again Sunday morning before decreasing early Sunday afternoon. * WINDS...North 20-30 mph, gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Boaters in the Wind Advisory area should use extreme caution when venturing onto area lakes. Strong winds over the open waters will make the lake water rough and hazardous...and may result in high waves which may tip or swamp smaller craft. For your personal safety...avoid the open waters. Stay close to shore or around protected areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
600 WWUS75 KVEF 140955 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 255 AM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-141730- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.171014T1700Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 255 AM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 /255 AM MST Sat Oct 14 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...Winds will increase late this morning, peak this afternoon through Sunday morning, then decrease early Sunday afternoon. * WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Boaters in the Wind Advisory area should use extreme caution when venturing onto area lakes. 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. For your personal safety...avoid the open waters. Stay close to shore or around protected areas. 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. && $$ Morgan
677 WWUS75 KVEF 141726 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1026 AM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-150500- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 1026 AM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 /1026 AM MST Sat Oct 14 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...Winds will increase late this morning, peak this afternoon through Sunday morning, then decrease early Sunday afternoon. * WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Boaters in the Wind Advisory area should use extreme caution when venturing onto area lakes. Strong winds over the open waters will make the lake water rough and hazardous...and may result in high waves which may tip or swamp smaller craft. For your personal safety...avoid the open waters. Stay close to shore or around protected areas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
758 WWUS75 KVEF 150424 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 924 PM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-152100- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 924 PM PDT Sat Oct 14 2017 /924 PM MST Sat Oct 14 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ SUNDAY... * TIMING...Winds will increase again Sunday morning before decreasing Sunday afternoon. * WINDS...North 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Boaters in the Wind Advisory area should use extreme caution when venturing onto area lakes. 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. For your personal safety...avoid the open waters. Stay close to shore or around protected areas. 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. && $$
981 WWUS75 KVEF 152100 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 200 PM PDT Sun Oct 15 2017 AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-152200- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-171015T2100Z/ Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area- San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley- Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin 200 PM PDT Sun Oct 15 2017 /200 PM MST Sun Oct 15 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM PDT /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... Winds have subsided to below hazardous levels. Expect north winds generally around 20 to 30 MPH through the rest of the afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:33 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | San Bernardino | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:45 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 47 hr |
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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.