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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind warning at Oct 10, 2007, 5:49 AM PDT for Mono County, California; 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2007, 5:49 AM PDT (12:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Mono County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 6:13 AM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 N Reno, NV | |
| Oct 10, 11:09 AM PDT | SNOW 4 | Dagget Pass, NV | OBSERVED REPORTED 4 INCHES OF NEW OVERNIGHT AT ELEVATION OF 7300 FT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 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 101249 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 549 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 CAZ073-NVZ003-101800- /O.UPG.KREV.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071010T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0006.071010T1249Z-071010T1800Z/ MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 549 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR UNTIL A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORDED AROUND RENO AND AT WALKER ALONG HIGHWAY 395. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-101800- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071010T1800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 549 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR UNTIL A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS THIS MORNING. ALSO...BE SURE TO SECURE ITEMS SUCH AS OUTDOOR FURNITURE IF THEY CANNOT BE BROUGHT INDOORS. BOATERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF LAKE TAHOE UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ004-102000- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071010T2000Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 549 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KREV 101815 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1115 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 CAZ073-NVZ003-101915- /O.EXP.KREV.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071010T1800Z/ MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE 1115 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO LESS THAN 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...BUT LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-101915- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071010T1800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 1115 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND SHIFTED TO THE WEST. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASE TO LESS THAN 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ004-102000- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071010T2000Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 1115 AM PDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2:55 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.