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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Reno, NV

November 5, 20054 counties in California; Washoe County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 5, 2005, 8:20 PM PST for 4 counties in California; Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2005, 8:20 PM PST (04:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 4:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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 060420
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
820 PM PST SAT NOV 5 2005

CAZ070-071-NVZ005-061200-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0007.051106T0420Z-051106T1200Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
820 PM PST SAT NOV 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL OREGON. THIS FRONT
WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS
THE SURPRISE VALLEY...NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY AND LASSEN COUNTY NORTH
OF RAVENDALE.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 395 NORTH OF RAVENDALE AND SURPRISE
VALLEY ROAD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WARNER MOUNTAINS.

$$

BRONG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KREV 061138
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
338 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005


CAZ070-071-NVZ005-061245-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-051106T1200Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
338 AM PST SUN NOV 6 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING.
WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVERNIGHT BUT WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH
THE DAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

$$

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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.