Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind warning at Jan 10, 2007, 7:57 PM PST for Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada; Mono County, California. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2007, 7:57 PM PST (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2007, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Mono County, CA, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KREV 110357 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 757 PM PST WED JAN 10 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT...THEN PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA ON THURSDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WIND GUSTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA WHERE RECENT PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN LIMITED. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS IN WIND PRONE AREAS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. CAZ073-NVZ001-111200- /O.UPG.KREV.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070111T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0001.070111T0357Z-070111T1800Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ 757 PM PST WED JAN 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. THESE WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDE HIGHWAY 395 FROM WALKER SOUTH TO LEE VINING AND HIGHWAY 95 ALONG WALKER LAKE. GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-003-111200- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070111T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS... VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 757 PM PST WED JAN 10 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 AND CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 89. GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KREV 111151 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 351 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS IN WIND PRONE AREAS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. CAZ072-NVZ002-003-111300- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070111T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS... VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 351 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ CAZ073-NVZ001-111800- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070111T1800Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ 351 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. THESE WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDE HIGHWAY 395 FROM WALKER SOUTH TO LEE VINING...AND HIGHWAY 95 ALONG WALKER LAKE. GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS75 KREV 111739 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 939 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007 CAZ073-NVZ001-111845- /O.EXP.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070111T1800Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ 939 AM PST THU JAN 11 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTH OF MINERAL AND MONO COUNTIES. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY BUT THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED. $$ MJD HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:01 PM PST | Snow Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe | 29 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nevada, 2007High Wind Warnings in California, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007
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.