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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Elko, NV

February 21, 2007Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2007, 2:59 PM PST for Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 22, 2007, 6:52 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2007, 2:59 PM PST (22:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 22, 2007, 6:52 AM PST
Expired
Feb 22, 2007, 8:00 PM PST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2007-02-21Temperature 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 2007-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
450 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 212259
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
259 PM PST WED FEB 21 2007


NVZ013-035-037-221100-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.070222T1500Z-070223T0100Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL...
AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY
259 PM PST WED FEB 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PST THURSDAY. 

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA ON THURSDAY WILL BRING
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

$$
CEC
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 221452
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
652 AM PST THU FEB 22 2007

NVZ013-035-037-230100-
/O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.070222T1452Z-070223T0100Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL...
AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY
652 AM PST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA TODAY WILL BRING VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. SOUTH WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 222259
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
259 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

NVZ035-230400-
/O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070223T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
259 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

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

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THEN SLOWLY DECREASE.

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.

$$

NVZ013-037-230100-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070223T0100Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...AUSTIN...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY
259 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN TURN TO THE WEST BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT AND SLOWLY DECREASE 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.

$$

CEC
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 230041
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
441 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

NVZ013-037-230145-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070223T0100Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...AUSTIN...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY
441 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE...SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN
EUREKA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL
NEVADA AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.


$$

NVZ035-230400-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070223T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
441 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST 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.

$$
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 230342
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
742 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007


NVZ035-230445-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070223T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL
742 PM PST THU FEB 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

$$
LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 3:02 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchLKNElko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine14 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.