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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 5, 2023Clark County, Nye County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2023, 7:03 PM PST for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2023, 7:03 PM PST (03:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2023, 12:00 AM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2023-03-06Temperature 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 2023-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WWUS75 KVEF 060303
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
703 PM PST Sun Mar 5 2023

NVZ019-060800-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-230306T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.230306T0303Z-230306T0800Z/
Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon-
Including The Town Of Mt Charleston and Red Rock Canyon
703 PM PST Sun Mar 5 2023

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon.

* WHEN...Until midnight PST tonight.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

CAZ519-520-523-NVZ017-020-060415-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-230306T0300Z/
Eastern Sierra Slopes-Owens Valley-Western Mojave Desert-
Western Clark and Southern Nye County-Las Vegas Valley-
Including Aspendell, Whitney Portal, Bishop, Independence, 
Lone Pine, Olancha, Barstow, Daggett, Fort Irwin, Pahrump, 
Indian Springs, Desert Rock, Amargosa Valley, Las Vegas, 
North Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City
703 PM PST Sun Mar 5 2023

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Widespread advisory level gusts are no longer expected and the 
advisory will be allowed to expire on time.


$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/lasvegas
1 follow-up statement
747 
WWUS75 KVEF 060755
NPWVEF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1155 PM PST Sun Mar 5 2023

NVZ019-060900-
/O.EXP.KVEF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-230306T0800Z/
Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon-
Including The Town Of Mt Charleston and Red Rock Canyon
1155 PM PST Sun Mar 5 2023

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

West Winds in the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon will
gradually trend downward the rest of the night with gusts 
generally decreasing below 25 mph by sunrise.

$$

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.