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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
323 PM PDT SAT JUN 8 2002

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LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-
SHEEP RANGE-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-

...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE MORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DUE TO THE DANGER OF SUDDEN VIOLENT CROSS WINDS
AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO WIND BLOWN DUST. IN ADDITION HIGH
WAVES ON LAKE MEAD WILL MAKE BOATING AND WATER RECREATION EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS.

THE CLARK COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT HAS ALSO ISSUED A HEALTH ADVISORY
FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR UNHEALTHFUL LEVELS
OF INHALABLE PARTICULATE MATTER RESULTING FROM WIND GUSTS THAT
EXCEED 40 MILES PER HOUR. SENSITIVE PERSONS WITH CHRONIC RESPIRATORY
CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BOTH ELDERLY CITIZENS AND YOUNG CHILDREN,
SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

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LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOJAVE-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-

...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE MORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. WIND BLOWN DUST WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND SUDDEN CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...BOATING AND
WATER RECREATION WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO HIGH WAVES.

$$

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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-

...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1000 PM PDT TONIGHT...

WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA
AND CENTRAL NEVADA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG SPRING COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
BE COMMON WITH OCCASIONAL LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL
EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN QUITE GUSTY THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

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HARRISON