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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV

April 30, 2019San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2019, 2:58 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Apr 30, 2019, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2019, 2:58 AM PDT (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2019, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 1, 2019, 12:00 AM PDT
In force
12 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 10:00 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, 10.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2019-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2019-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

336 
WWUS75 KVEF 300958
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
258 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

CAZ523-301900-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.190430T1900Z-190501T0700Z/
Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
258 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT
TONIGHT...

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight PDT
tonight. 

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 45 mph.

* TIMING...Winds will increase around noon, peak in the afternoon
  and evening before decreasing by midnight.

* IMPACTS...Drivers of vans...campers...trailers...and other high
  profile vehicles should be alert to the danger of these 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
837 
WWUS75 KVEF 301731
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
Issued by National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1031 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

CAZ523-010700-
/O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.190430T1900Z-190501T0700Z/
Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
1031 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 45 mph.

* TIMING...Winds will increase around noon, peak in the 
  afternoon and evening before decreasing by midnight. 

* IMPACTS...Drivers of vans...campers...trailers...and other 
  high profile vehicles should be alert to the danger of these 
  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.

&&

$$
659 
WWUS75 KVEF 010643
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1143 PM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

CAZ523-010745-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-190501T0700Z/
Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
1143 PM PDT Tue Apr 30 2019

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

Wind speeds across the western Mojave Desert of San Bernardino
County will continue to decrease through the early morning hours
of Wednesday. The wind advisory will be allowed to expire at 
midnight. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 5:16 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFSan Bernardino44 min

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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.