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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

April 3, 2023San Bernardino County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this dust storm warning at Apr 3, 2023, 11:15 AM PDT for San Bernardino County, California. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2023, 11:15 AM PDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2023, 1:15 PM PDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon

County San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dust storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Apr 3, 9:45 AM PDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:45 AM PDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:44 AM PDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1044 AM PDT MON APR 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NE MT. CHARLESTON     36.32N 115.58W
04/03/2023  M71 MPH          CLARK              NV   MESONET

            ANGEL PEAK NV ENERGY SENSOR IN NEVADA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AT 0400.
            PEAK GUST 71 AT 0400.

0500 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE SPRING MOUNTAIN R 36.04N 115.40W
04/03/2023  M58 MPH          CLARK              NV   MESONET

            SENSOR IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN LAS VEGAS
            MEASURED A GUST AT OR ABOVE 58 MPH AROUND
            0500.

0634 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ESE RED ROCK CANYON   36.13N 115.43W
04/03/2023  M64 MPH          CLARK              NV   MESONET

            RED ROCK CANYON RAWS SENSOR IN NEVADA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT 0634.
            PEAK GUST 64 AT 0634.

0500 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE ROUND VALLEY      37.38N 118.57W
04/02/2023  M72 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            HORTON CREEK SCE SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH FROM 1700
            TO 0040. PEAK GUST 72 AT 0030.

0642 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW INDEPENDENCE       36.84N 118.27W
04/02/2023  M67 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            OAK CREEK RAWS SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA MEASURED
            GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH FROM 1842 TO 2242.
            PEAK GUST 67 AT 1842.

0840 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW ROUND VALLEY      37.39N 118.61W
04/02/2023  M80 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            ROVANA SOUTH SCE SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH FROM 2040
            TO 0050. PEAK GUST 80 AT 0020.

1140 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W WEST BISHOP         37.37N 118.50W
04/02/2023  M61 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            DEEP CANYON SCE SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT 2340.
            PEAK GUST 61 AT 2340.

0220 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 9 WSW KEELER            36.46N 118.04W
04/03/2023  M60 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            SLIDE CANYON SCE SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH FROM 0220
            TO 0420. PEAK GUST 60 AT 0420.

0226 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 19 S HAIWEE             35.87N 117.92W
04/03/2023  M60 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            FIVE MILE RAWS SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA MEASURED
            GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH FROM 0226 TO 0326.
            PEAK GUST 60 AT 0326.

0440 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 13 SSE HAIWEE           35.96N 117.91W
04/03/2023  M60 MPH          INYO               CA   MESONET

            LAKE CANYON DRIVE SCE SENSOR IN CALIFORNIA
            MEASURED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT 0440.
            PEAK GUST 60 AT 0440.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 1:06 PM PDTDust Storm WarningVEFSan Bernardino114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.