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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Elko, NV

May 2, 2007Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at May 2, 2007, 8:27 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2007, 8:27 PM PDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2007, 1:00 AM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-03Temperature 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, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2007-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 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 030327
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
827 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

NVZ033-030800-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.070503T0327Z-070503T0800Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST WENDOVER
827 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PDT / 2 AM MDT THURSDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEVADA
THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH 1 AM PDT / 2 AM MDT. 

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
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 030756
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1255 AM PDT THU MAY 3 2007


NVZ033-030900-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070503T0800Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST WENDOVER
1255 AM PDT THU MAY 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
WENDOVER AREA...WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DIMINISH MID TO LATE MORNING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH.


$$

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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.