KVEF2529861501 KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2012-02-22T15:06:37-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS75 KVEF 222306 NPWVEF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE KVEF.LW.Y.0008 Met Future Severe Possible 2012-02-23T18:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PST /NOON MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THURSDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AS WELL AS THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PST /NOON MST/ TO 6 PM PST /7 PM MST/ THURSDAY. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. ISOLATED STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHANNELED AREAS AND OVER THE OPEN WATERS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS... PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN THE EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LAKE MEAD...LAKE MOHAVE AND THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR LAUGHLIN...BULLHEAD CITY AND NEEDLES. * IMPACTS: BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ONTO AREA LAKES DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD... OR CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE. AVOID THE OPEN WATER AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR IN PROTECTED COVES AND INLETS. && P-VTEC /O.NEW.KVEF.LW.Y.0008.120223T1900Z-120224T0200Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-INCLUDING... LAKE HAVASU... DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK... BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY... NEEDLES... HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN 37.44999,-118.78406 37.44999,-117.82115 34.990017,-114.628204 34.849445,-114.618164 34.749035,-114.5278 34.68879,-114.44747 34.44782,-114.36715 34.44782,-114.36715 34.307247,-114.09605 34.21688,-114.19646 34.059727,-114.43543 34.056225,-115.321014 34.10643,-115.51179 34.035194,-115.60084 34.036144,-115.89335 34.036144,-115.97367 34.13655,-116.04395 34.13655,-116.16444 34.046185,-116.264854 34.046185,-116.264854 34.036144,-116.46566 34.036144,-116.46566 34.08635,-116.59618 34.08635,-116.59618 34.11647,-116.4757 34.21688,-116.4255 34.357452,-116.4054 34.357452,-116.4054 34.43778,-116.39536 34.66871,-116.48574 34.66871,-116.48574 34.718914,-116.4054 34.81932,-117.63039 35.797251,-117.642996 35.803314,-118.00189 35.803314,-118.00189 35.903717,-117.99185 36.346137,-118.110317 36.66744,-118.36336 36.877666,-118.3734 36.877666,-118.3734 37.0587,-118.45791 37.198975,-118.674614 37.198975,-118.674614 37.309418,-118.75495 37.44999,-118.78406 UGC AZZ002-036-CAZ527-NVZ021-231215-