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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2018, 2:28 AM PST for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Feb 24, 2018, 2:00 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2018, 2:28 AM PST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2018, 2:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 8 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 10:28 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, 10.5 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
- 2002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
721 WWUS75 KVEF 241028 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 228 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 CAZ523-242300- /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.180224T2200Z-180225T0600Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 228 AM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PST this evening. * TIMING...Winds are expected to increase significantly by around 2 pm and remain strong until about 10 pm this evening. * WINDS...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions and the possibility of blowing dust. Loose objects will 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
659 WWUS75 KVEF 242204 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 204 PM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 CAZ523-250600- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180225T0600Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 204 PM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Winds will continue to increase through early evening and remain strong until about 10 pm. * WINDS...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions and the possibility of blowing dust. Loose objects will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means strong winds gusting over 40 mph can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
065 WWUS75 KVEF 250545 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 945 PM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 CAZ523-250645- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180225T0600Z/ Western Mojave Desert- Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin 945 PM PST Sat Feb 24 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... Wind speeds will decrease to between 10 and 20 mph across the Western Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County through midnight and the early morning hours as the wind direction changes from west to north. $$
Nearby
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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.