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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Reno, NV

May 2, 2007Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada; Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at May 2, 2007, 3:53 AM PDT for Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada; Mono County, California. It took effect at May 2, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2007, 3:53 AM PDT (10:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 2, 2007, 10:00 PM PDT
In force
11 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 10:56 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, 10.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature 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 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3402 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 021053
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
353 AM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE BY
MIDDAY AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

CAZ073-NVZ001-030000-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0008.070502T1800Z-070503T0200Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
353 AM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED 
TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AS 
THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES WINDS WILL INCREASE 
FURTHER...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE MORE WIND PRONE 
AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TO 
CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY THAT WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. THE 
WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BUT WILL 
REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG PORTIONS OF
HIGHWAY 395 AND ALTERNATE 95. ALSO...AREAS IN MINERAL AND SOUTHERN
LYON COUNTIES MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...REDUCING THE
VISIBILITY RAPIDLY AT TIMES.

$$

BENINATO

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS75 KREV 022243
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
343 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE BY
MIDDAY AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

CAZ073-NVZ001-030200-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070503T0200Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
343 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...CREATING REDUCED
VISIBILITY THAT WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL
DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

ANYONE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAYS 395
AND 95...SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND EXPECT STRONG CROSS WINDS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

$$
MJD

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 
WWUS75 KREV 030153
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
653 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

CAZ073-NVZ001-030500-
/O.EXT.KREV.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070503T0500Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
653 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP
TO 60 MPH IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITY THAT
WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS 
EVENING...BUT LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

ANYONE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAYS
395 AND 95...SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND EXPECT STRONG CROSS
WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

$$
TC

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 
WWUS75 KREV 030456
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
956 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007


CAZ073-NVZ001-030600-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070503T0500Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
956 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA. SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 
OVERNIGHT IN WIND PRONE AREAS.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

Nearby

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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.