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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Reno, NV

January 7, 2006Mono County, California; 5 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2006, 7:38 PM PST for Mono County, California; 5 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2006, 7:38 PM PST (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2006, 10:00 PM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Mono County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2006-01-08Temperature 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 2006-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
2463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 080338
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
738 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2006

.A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA
WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
DECREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING.

CAZ073-NVZ001-003-080600-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0002.060108T0338Z-060108T0600Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
738 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2006

...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. 

WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE
AREAS. IN EXPOSED SNOW-COVERED AREAS THE GUSTY WINDS MAY PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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 080542
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
942 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2006

CAZ073-NVZ001-003-080645-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060108T0600Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
942 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA BUT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

$$

Nearby

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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.