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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Reno, NV

November 7, 20054 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 7, 2005, 10:23 AM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Nov 7, 2005, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 2005, 10:23 AM PST (18:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 7, 2005, 12:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 7, 2005, 6:29 PM PST
In force
6 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 18:26 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, 6.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2005-11-07Temperature 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 2005-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 071823
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1023 AM PST MON NOV 7 2005

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED EAST OF THE SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING INTO THE RENO
AREA THIS EVENING.

NVZ005-080230-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0008.051107T2000Z-051108T0400Z/
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPIRE...GERLACH
1023 AM PST MON NOV 7 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. CROSS WINDS OVER THE HIGHWAY 395
CORRIDOR WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS OF
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NVZ003-080230-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0008.051107T2000Z-051108T0800Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
1023 AM PST MON NOV 7 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. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. CROSS WINDS OVER THE HIGHWAY 395
CORRIDOR WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS OF
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KREV 080229
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
629 PM PST MON NOV 7 2005

...WIND ADVISORIES CANCELLED...

.WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY TONIGHT
BUT REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
THIS EVENING WILL BE CANCELLED. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

NVZ005-080330-
/O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051108T0400Z/
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPIRE...GERLACH
629 PM PST MON NOV 7 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM
AND THEN DECREASE.

$$

NVZ003-080330-
/O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-051108T0800Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
629 PM PST MON NOV 7 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

$$

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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.