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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Elko, NV

July 17, 2007White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jul 17, 2007, 2:46 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 18, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2007, 2:46 PM PDT (21:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 18, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2007, 9:00 PM PDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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 KLKN 172146
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
246 PM PDT TUE JUL 17 2007

NVZ013-035-181000-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.070718T1800Z-070719T0400Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
246 PM PDT TUE JUL 17 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY 
FOR CENTRAL NEVADA FOR STRONG WINDS
...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN NEVADA LATE
WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 180943
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
243 AM PDT WED JUL 18 2007

NVZ013-035-190400-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.070718T1800Z-070719T0400Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
243 AM PDT WED JUL 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
PDT THIS EVENING. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN NEVADA LATE
TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
LW
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 182115
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
215 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2007

NVZ013-035-190400-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070719T0400Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
215 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN
NEVADA THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH ACROSS
CENTRAL NEVADA BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

TT
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 190351
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
851 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2007


NVZ013-035-190500-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070719T0400Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
851 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE REGION THIS
EVENING WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT.


$$

CEC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:32 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, Lander28 min
Jul 16, 6:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNLander46 min
Jul 16, 9:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningLKN23 hr
Jul 17, 2:44 PM PDTRed Flag WarningLKN33 hr

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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.