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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2017, 9:54 PM PST for Clark County, Nevada; San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jan 14, 2017, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2017, 9:54 PM PST (05:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2017, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2017, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
Counties San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
993 WWUS75 KVEF 140554 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 954 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2017 AZZ036-CAZ524-NVZ021-022-141500- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.170114T1500Z-170115T0000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 954 PM PST FRI JAN 13 2017 /1054 PM MST FRI JAN 13 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PST /8 AM MST/ TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PST /8 AM MST/ TO 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS LOOK TO BE IN LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD CITY AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND FAR NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. STRONG CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 163 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 95 AND LAUGHLIN MAKING TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY PROFILE WEEKENDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
409 WWUS75 KVEF 141443 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 643 AM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 AZZ036-CAZ524-NVZ021-022-150000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.170114T1500Z-170115T0000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 643 AM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 /743 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL PEAK IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS LOOK TO BE NEAR LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD CITY AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND FAR NORTHEAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. STRONG CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 163 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 95 AND LAUGHLIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY PROFILE VEHICLES. OPEN WATERS BETWEEN COTTONWOOD COVE AND KATHERINE LANDING WILL BE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORCYCLE RIDERS AND DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS AND ANY OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE STRONG WINDS. BOATERS ON LAKE MOHAVE ARE URGED AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS. && $$
575 WWUS75 KVEF 142333 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 333 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 AZZ036-CAZ524-NVZ021-022-150045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-170115T0000Z/ LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULLHEAD CITY...OATMAN... MOHAVE VALLEY...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS...MITCHELL CAVERNS... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM....SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 333 PM PST SAT JAN 14 2017 /433 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$
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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.