There were widespread strong northwest winds in the wake of the strong storm which helped produce the flash flooding several days earlier. Isolated high winds and damage occurred.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
There were widespread strong northwest winds in the wake of the strong storm which helped produce the flash flooding several days earlier. Isolated high winds and damage occurred.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 14, 7:47 AM PST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 847 AM PDT THU APR 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE REGION WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO THE REGION TODAY FOLLOWED BY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL MAINLY BE LIMITED TO LINCOLN...EASTERN CLARK AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A WARMING TREND IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...TWEAKED SKY GRIDS THIS MORNING TO FIT SATELLITE TRENDS. ALL ELSE LOOKS GOOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 443 AM PDT THU APR 14 2016 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...PEAKING FRIDAY AND THEN SLOWLY DECREASING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE WIND ADVISORIES THAT ARE IN EFFECT STILL LOOK GOOD AND NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION (DOWN 10-12 DECREES FROM THOSE EXPECTED TODAY). AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION IS CONCERNED...CHANCES SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY TODAY AND FRONT...THOUGH A STRAY SHOWER CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS CLARK COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FROM AROUND 9000 FEET TO 5500-6000 FEET AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES BY...HOWEVER WITH LIMITED AVAILABLE MOISTURE...ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEHIND THE EXITING UPPER LOW. SOME NORTHERLY SURFACE BREEZES WILL LINGER IN SOME AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES EACH DAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED WARMING AND DRY CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY BUT STILL WELL SHY OF ANY RECORDS. .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...POTENTIALLY BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MID- MORNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN THURSDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER...WITH GUSTS MAINLY IN THE 20-30 KT RANGE. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT TODAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 30KTS...INCREASING TO GUSTS AROUND 40 KTS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MECHANICAL TURBULENCE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. MAINLY FEW-SCT CLOUDS AOA 9K FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD GUSTY NORTH WINDS WHICH WILL PEAK FRIDAY THEN SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE...MORGAN SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WOLCOTT LONG TERM...HARRISON FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were two gusts to 58 mph at Barstow-Daggett Airport (KDAG) and gusts to 58 and 59 mph at Bicycle Lake (KBYS) on Fort Irwin.
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