Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2023
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Las Vegas, NV
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.
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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.
- 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
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
Nearby
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.