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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2008, 8:12 AM PST for Modoc County, California; Washoe County, Nevada. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2008, 8:12 AM PST (16:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2008, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Modoc County, CA, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 071612 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 812 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 CAZ070-NVZ005-080000- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0004.080207T1612Z-080208T0000Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 812 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST NEVADA AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY THIS MORNING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING THROUGH THE MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR EAGLEVILLE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 447 SOUTH OF CEDARVILLE...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ NVZ004-080000- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0014.080207T1612Z-080208T0000Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 812 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON PYRAMID LAKE. SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-080000- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0014.080207T1800Z-080208T0000Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 812 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING CAUSING ROUGH CHOP ON LAKE TAHOE. 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. $$ JORDAN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS75 KREV 072344 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 344 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008 CAZ070-NVZ005-080045- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 344 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER SUNSET...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS AND NEAR CANYONS DRAINING OUT OF THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. $$ NVZ004-080045- /O.EXP.KREV.LW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 344 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS ON PYRAMID LAKE HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME LIGHT BY SUNSET. LIGHT CHOP WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET HOWEVER THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-080045- /O.EXP.KREV.LW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 344 PM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS ON LAKE TAHOE HAVE DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME LIGHT BY SUNSET. LIGHT CHOP WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET HOWEVER THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ JORDAN HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 8:12 AM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.