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Lake Wind Advisory 13, NWS Las Vegas, NV

December 16, 2021San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 16, 2021, 12:14 PM PST for San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Dec 17, 2021, 8:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2021, 12:14 PM PST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2021, 8:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 17, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-16Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

296 
WWUS75 KVEF 162014
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1214 PM PST Thu Dec 16 2021

AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-171200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.LW.Y.0013.211217T1600Z-211218T0300Z/
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area-
San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley-
Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, 
Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin
1214 PM PST Thu Dec 16 2021 /114 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021/

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ TO 7 PM
PST /8 PM MST/ FRIDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
  expected. Elevated wave heights up to 3 feet will be possible.

* WHERE...In Arizona, Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave and Lake Mead 
  National Recreation Area. In California, San Bernardino County-
   Upper Colorado River Valley. In Nevada, Lake Mead National 
  Recreation Area.

* WHEN...From 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ to 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ Friday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will 
  create hazardous conditions for small craft.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/lasvegas
2 follow-up statements
170 
WWUS75 KVEF 171149
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
349 AM PST Fri Dec 17 2021

AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-180300-
/O.CON.KVEF.LW.Y.0013.211217T1600Z-211218T0300Z/
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area-
San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley-
Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, 
Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin
349 AM PST Fri Dec 17 2021 /449 AM MST Fri Dec 17 2021/

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
  expected. Elevated wave heights up to 3 feet will be possible on
  Lake Mohave.

* WHERE...Lake Mead, Lake Mohave, and Lake Havasu.

* WHEN...From 8 AM PST /9 AM MST/ to 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ Friday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will 
  create hazardous conditions for small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strongest winds expected from Cottonwood
  Cove down through Laughlin and Bullhead City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/lasvegas
494 
WWUS75 KVEF 180248
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
648 PM PST Fri Dec 17 2021

AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-180400-
/O.EXP.KVEF.LW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-211218T0300Z/
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave-Lake Mead National Recreation Area-
San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley-
Including Lake Havasu City, Desert Hills, Topock, Bullhead City, 
Oatman, Mohave Valley, Needles, Hoover Dam, and Laughlin
648 PM PST Fri Dec 17 2021 /748 PM MST Fri Dec 17 2021/

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

Wind gusts have diminished within the lower Colorado River Valley.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph are forecast to continue tonight. The
lake 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.