Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this high wind warning at Apr 14, 2008, 3:44 AM PDT for Humboldt County, Nevada. It took effect at Apr 14, 2008, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 14, 2008, 3:44 AM PDT (10:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2008, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2008, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Humboldt County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:38 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 13 Wnw Kings River Vall, NV | TEXAS SPRINGS RAWS |
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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 4021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KLKN 141044 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 344 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION TODAY WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH IN MOST AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY WHERE SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA. NVZ030-150000- /O.UPG.KLKN.HW.A.0002.080414T2000Z-080415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0002.080414T2000Z-080415T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT 344 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE WIND PRONE VALLEYS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. 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. $$ NVZ031-032-036-150000- /O.UPG.KLKN.HW.A.0002.080414T2000Z-080415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.080414T2000Z-080415T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN 344 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 93...COULD HAVE GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NVZ013-035-037-150000- /O.UPG.KLKN.HW.A.0002.080414T1800Z-080415T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.080414T1800Z-080415T0700Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL... AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY 344 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS LASTING INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 93...COULD HAVE GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. 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. $$ NVZ033-034-150000- /O.UPG.KLKN.HW.A.0002.080414T2200Z-080415T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.080414T2200Z-080415T1800Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE 344 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING OVER THE RUBY MOUNTAINS...AND BY MID-AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN VALLEY AREAS...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KLKN 142154 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 254 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS REMAIN OVER THE REGION... .GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. NVZ030-150300- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT 254 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE WIND PRONE VALLEYS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. 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. $$ NVZ031-032-036-150300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN 254 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 93...COULD HAVE GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NVZ013-035-037-150700- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080415T0700Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL... AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY 254 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 93...COULD HAVE GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. 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. $$ NVZ033-034-151000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.080414T2200Z-080415T1800Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE 254 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REMAIN GUSTY IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN VALLEY AREAS...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ ROOD
000 WWUS75 KLKN 150253 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 753 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA... .WINDY WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. NVZ030-150400- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT 753 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING LEVELS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. $$ NVZ031-032-036-150400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN 753 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING LEVELS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.. $$ NVZ013-035-037-150700- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080415T0700Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL... AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY 753 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 93...COULD HAVE GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. 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. $$ NVZ033-034-151500- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080415T1800Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE 753 PM PDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY IN MOST AREAS TONIGHT...AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN VALLEY AREAS...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RECENT DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:44 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 31 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.