Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2009, 6:29 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2009, 6:29 PM PDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2009, 10:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 5125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 080129 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 629 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 NVZ003-080600- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0009.090408T0129Z-090408T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARKS 629 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR THROUGH RENO AND CARSON CITY MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH WASHOE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...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. && $$ NVZ004-080300- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090408T0300Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...SILVER SPRINGS 629 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 3 FEET. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KREV 080244 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 744 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 NVZ004-080600- /O.EXT.KREV.LW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090408T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...SILVER SPRINGS 744 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 3 TO 4 FEET. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NVZ003-080600- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090408T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARKS 744 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR THROUGH RENO AND CARSON CITY MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH WASHOE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS75 KREV 080530 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1030 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 NVZ003-080630- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090408T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARKS 1030 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ NVZ004-080630- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090408T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...SILVER SPRINGS 1030 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY DAYBREAK. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:11 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.