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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Reno, NV

June 5, 2007Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind warning at Jun 5, 2007, 5:08 PM PDT for Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 5, 2007, 5:08 PM PDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2007, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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, 0.1 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 2007-06-06Temperature 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 2007-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
2398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 060008
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
508 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NVZ001-060300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0004.070606T0008Z-070606T0300Z/
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...
MINA...SCHURZ
508 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS TO
60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ALONG U.S 95 ON THE WEST
SIDE OF WALKER LAKE...WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE LIKELY BETWEEN
SCHURZ AND HAWTHORNE.

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.

$$

NVZ003-060300-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
508 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS OF
45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS TO
65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO AND IN WIND
PRONE AREAS SUCH AS GALENA AND GARDNERVILLE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

CAZ073-060300-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES
508 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS TO
50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KREV 060247
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
747 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NVZ001-060400-
/O.EXP.KREV.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...
MINA...SCHURZ
747 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS OVERNIGHT.

$$

NVZ003-060400-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
747 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

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

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

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS OVERNIGHT.

$$

CAZ073-060400-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070606T0300Z/
MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES
747 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007

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

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

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS OVERNIGHT.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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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.