Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 30, 2005, 7:21 AM PST for 5 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2005, 7:21 AM PST (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2005, 9:02 PM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 301521 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 721 AM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 NVZ001-003-302330- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0013.051230T1521Z-051231T0800Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 721 AM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH EXPECTED BY NOON FROM RENO SOUTH TO HAWTHORNE. LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING GENOA...THE RENO AND CARSON CITY FOOTHILLS...AND U.S. 95 ALONG WALKER LAKE. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING 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. $$ JW
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KREV 302005 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1205 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 NVZ001-003-310200- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051231T0800Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 1205 PM PST FRI DEC 30 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM RENO SOUTH TO HAWTHORNE. LOCAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING GENOA...WASHOE VALLEY...THE RENO AND CARSON CITY FOOTHILLS...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN DISLODGE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ BRONG
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
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, 1:06 PM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 8 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.