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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Reno, NV
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 1:10 PM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 S Washoe City, NV | MEASURED 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.
- 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
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 THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:21 AM PST | Wind Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.