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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2018, 3:41 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Jan 18, 2018, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2018, 3:41 AM PST (11:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2018, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2018, 6:00 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Inyo County, CA
The radar
The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
098 WWUS75 KVEF 181141 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 341 AM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 CAZ519-190230- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.180119T0200Z-180119T1400Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 341 AM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 6 PM this evening to 6 AM PST Friday. * TIMING...Downslope winds will increase tonight, peak early Friday morning, and decrease around sunrise. * WINDS...Sustained southwest winds 35 to 45 MPH, with gusts up to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...These high winds will make driving on roadways above 5000 feet very difficult. Any drivers of high profile vehicles, including vans, should be alert to the danger of strong winds. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
739 WWUS75 KVEF 182333 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 333 PM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 CAZ519-190800- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.180119T0200Z-180119T1400Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 333 PM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES FROM 6 PM PST THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY... * TIMING...Downslope winds will increase tonight, peak early Friday morning, and decrease around sunrise. * WINDS...Sustained southwest winds 35 to 45 MPH, with gusts up to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...These high winds will make driving on roadways above 5000 feet very difficult. Any drivers of high profile vehicles, including vans, should be alert to the danger of strong winds. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
180 WWUS75 KVEF 190318 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 718 PM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 CAZ519-191400- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180119T1400Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 718 PM PST Thu Jan 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY... * TIMING...Downslope winds will increase this evening, peak near midnight, then decrease around sunrise. * WINDS...Sustained southwest winds 35 to 45 MPH, with gusts up to 65 mph. * IMPACTS...These high winds will make driving on roadways above 5000 feet very difficult. Any drivers of high profile vehicles, including vans, should be alert to the danger of strong winds. 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. && $$
853 WWUS75 KVEF 191355 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 555 AM PST Fri Jan 19 2018 CAZ519-191500- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180119T1400Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 555 AM PST Fri Jan 19 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas will allow the Wind Advisory in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains to expire. Wind speeds above 5000 feet are expected trend down through the rest of the morning. $$
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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.