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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Elko, NV

November 14, 2005Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2005, 5:56 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2005, 5:56 AM PST (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2005, 7:00 PM PST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 393 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
98 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
393 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KLKN 141356
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
556 AM PST MON NOV 14 2005


NVZ031>033-142300-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.051114T1400Z-051115T0300Z/
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...WEST WENDOVER
556 AM PST MON NOV 14 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO
COUNTY EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST
NEVADA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED
IN SOME AREAS THIS MORNING AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE
DAY PROGRESSES. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED
ACROSS MUCH OF ELKO COUNTY TODAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OVER HIGHER
PASSES WHERE GUSTY CROSS WINDS CAN EXCEED 50 MPH.

$$

WHITWORTH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 142231
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
231 PM PST MON NOV 14 2005

NVZ031>033-150300-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051115T0300Z/
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...WEST WENDOVER
231 PM PST MON NOV 14 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CONTINUED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST NEVADA TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED
ACROSS MUCH OF ELKO COUNTY TODAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OVER HIGHER PASSES WHERE
GUSTY CROSS WINDS CAN EXCEED 50 MPH.

$$

TT
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 150300
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
700 PM PST MON NOV 14 2005


NVZ031>033-150400-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051115T0300Z/
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...WEST WENDOVER
700 PM PST MON NOV 14 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ELKO COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7
PM PST THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED INTO THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE AS OF 7 PM AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS
EVENING.


$$
CEC

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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.