Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 1, 2005, 12:43 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2005, 12:43 PM PST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2005, 3:22 AM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 012043 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1243 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 NVZ001-003-020600- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051202T0600Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 1243 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND PRODUCE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE...GUSTS OVER 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 95 AND INTERSTATE 80 SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NVZ004-020600- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0010.051201T2043Z-051202T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 1243 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN PRODUCING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. BLOWING DUST AND SAND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 2 MILES OR LESS SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KREV 020455 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 NVZ003-020600- /O.CAN.KREV.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051202T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE RENO AREA OVERNIGHT. $$ NVZ001-021200- /O.EXT.KREV.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051202T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. A STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA CAUSING STRONG WINDS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE DIMINISHING SLOWLY OVERNIGHT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS 395 AND 95 SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ NVZ004-021200- /O.EXT.KREV.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051202T1200Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 855 PM PST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE AREAS AROUND PYRAMID LAKE AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 AND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR FALLON AND LOVELOCK. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN WIND PRONE AREAS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS75 KREV 021122 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 322 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2005 NVZ001-021230- /O.CAN.KREV.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-051202T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 322 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS OVER MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES HAS DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES LATE THIS MORNING. $$ NVZ004-021230- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-051202T1200Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 322 AM PST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVER PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES AND ARE NO LONGER A HAZARD TO TRAVEL. $$ BRONG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 8:08 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | REV | Washoe | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:21 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Washoe | 28 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:21 PM PST | Wind Advisory | REV | Lyon, Mineral | 4 hr |
Nearby
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.