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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Elko, NV

May 3, 2009Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at May 3, 2009, 2:19 PM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at May 3, 2009, 6:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2009, 2:19 PM PDT (21:19 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2009, 6:00 PM PDT
Expired
May 3, 2009, 9:37 PM PDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2009-05-03Temperature 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2009-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 KLKN 032119
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
219 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2009


NVZ032>034-040600-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.090504T0100Z-090504T0600Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...
WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE
219 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

THIS WIND ADVISORY IS NOT FOR ALL AREAS OF ELKO COUNTY...ONLY
AREAS NEXT TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST
HUMBOLDT RANGE AND THE WEST WENDOVER AREA. AREAS IN THE ADVISORY
INCLUDE RUBY VALLEY AND CLOVER VALLEY...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY
93 SOUTH FROM WELLS TO JUNCTION 229.

WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF
THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE AND ADJACENT AREAS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 
IN THE WEST WENDOVER AREA SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KLKN 040437
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
937 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2009

NVZ032>034-040545-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090504T0600Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...
WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE
937 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS
AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...AND ALSO IN THE WENDOVER AREA THIS
EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. LOCALIZED
GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

JM

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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.