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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Reno, NV

December 30, 20054 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2005, 1:06 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2005, 1:06 PM PST (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2005, 9:02 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 30, 1:10 PM PSTNON-TSTM WND GST 705 S Washoe City, NVMEASURED AT NDOT SENSOR IN WASHOE VALLEY. NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ALONG HIGHWAY 395 AND AND STATE ROUTE 429.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-12-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 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 KREV 302106
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
106 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

NVZ003-310515-
/O.UPG.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0008.051230T2106Z-051231T0800Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
106 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM RENO SOUTH TO GARDNERVILLE. WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DAMAGE ROOFS AND FENCES...DISLODGE HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS...AND MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY 395.

$$

NVZ001-310515-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...
MINA...SCHURZ
106 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM RENO SOUTH TO HAWTHORNE. LOCAL
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER
LAKE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DISLODGE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...UNSECURED
OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.

$$

BRONG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KREV 310502
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
902 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005


NVZ003-310615-
/O.CAN.KREV.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
902 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

NVZ001-310615-
/O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...
MINA...SCHURZ
902 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

BENINATO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 7:21 AM PSTWind AdvisoryREVDouglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe14 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Nevada, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.