Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2008, 10:37 AM PST for Lyon County, Mineral County, Nevada. It took effect at Dec 24, 2008, 11:00 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2008, 10:37 AM PST (18:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2008, 11:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 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 241837 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1037 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. NVZ001-250100- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0021.081225T0700Z-081225T2000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 1037 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. ALSO...A LIGHT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KREV 250008 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 408 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. NVZ001-251230- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0021.081225T0700Z-081225T2000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 408 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH LATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS....INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILE IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. ALSO...A LIGHT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING... WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS75 KREV 251217 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 417 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING... .A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN NEVADA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. NVZ001-252000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081225T2000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 417 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY SEE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILE IN BLOWING DUST OR SAND. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. A LIGHT SNOWFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ JORDAN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS75 KREV 251938 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1138 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 NVZ001-252045- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081225T2000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 1138 AM PST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY. WINDS ARE DECREASING THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HOWEVER OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY POSSIBLE IN BLOWING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TODAY. $$ GMCGUIRE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe | 48 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:01 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:16 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 30 hr |
Nearby
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.