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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2020, 3:26 AM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Jan 13, 2020, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2020, 3:26 AM PST (11:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2020, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2020, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 21 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 11:26 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, 11.4 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
- 2313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
700 WWUS75 KVEF 131126 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 326 AM PST Mon Jan 13 2020 CAZ519-140300- /O.UPG.KVEF.HW.A.0001.200114T0300Z-200115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.200114T0300Z-200115T0000Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 326 AM PST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern Sierra Slopes. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Winds could blow down tree limbs and loft unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. Travel in the eastern Sierra could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/lasvegas
3 follow-up statements
901 WWUS75 KVEF 140252 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 652 PM PST Mon Jan 13 2020 CAZ519-150000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.200114T0300Z-200115T0000Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 652 PM PST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern Sierra Slopes. * WHEN...through 4 PM PST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Winds could blow down tree limbs and loft unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. Travel in the eastern Sierra could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/lasvegas
834 WWUS75 KVEF 141300 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 500 AM PST Tue Jan 14 2020 CAZ520-150000- /O.EXA.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/ Owens Valley- Including Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine, and Olancha 500 AM PST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...western portion of the Owens Valley. * WHEN...Through 4 PM PST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Winds could blow down tree limbs and loft unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. Travel along Highway 395 could be difficult due vigorous crosswinds, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong west winds may sweep across US Highway 395, especially near Independence CA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ CAZ519-150000- /O.CON.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes- Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal 500 AM PST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Eastern Sierra Slopes. * WHEN...Through 4 PM PST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Winds could blow down tree limbs and loft unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. Travel in the eastern Sierra could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/lasvegas
793 WWUS75 KVEF 142339 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 339 PM PST Tue Jan 14 2020 CAZ519-520-150045- /O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/ Eastern Sierra Slopes-Owens Valley- Including Aspendell, Whitney Portal, Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine, and Olancha 339 PM PST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... Locally gusty winds will linger along the midslopes of the Sierra but will continue to taper through the evening. The Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/lasvegas
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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.