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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Reno, NV

October 15, 2005Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 15, 2005, 9:14 AM PDT for Mono County, California. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2005, 9:14 AM PDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2005, 1:47 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

County Mono County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2005-10-15Temperature 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 2005-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
2465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 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 151614
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
914 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WINDY ALONG THE LEE OF THE SIERRA IN MONO COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...

.WINDS WERE DECREASING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE EASTERN
SIERRA HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASSIONAL
GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON..

CAZ073-152200-
/X.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0003.051015T1614Z-051015T2200Z/
MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES
914 AM PDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KREV 152047
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
147 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WINDS DECREASING OVER MONO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...

CAZ073-152200-
/X.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051015T2200Z/
MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES
147 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND SHIFT GRADUALLY TO
THE NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE FURTHER SOUTH BETWEEN BISHOP AND DEATH VALLEY.

$$
FISCHER

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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.