Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this high wind warning at Feb 4, 2011, 2:29 PM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 4, 2011, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 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
- Feb 4, 2011, 2:29 PM PST (22:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2011, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2011, 1:00 PM PST
- In force
- 18 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 22:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:03 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 Sw Ruby Valley, NV | RUBY VALLEY RAWS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WWUS75 KLKN 042229 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 229 PM PST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED IN THE LEE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...VEGETATION AND VEHICLES IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS. NVZ032-034-051030- /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0001.110205T0300Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 229 PM PST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH * TIMING: THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT ALONG US HIGHWAY 93 IN CLOVER VALLEY AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229 IN RUBY VALLEY. SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ RCM
3 follow-up statements
455 WWUS75 KLKN 051019 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 219 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED IN THE LEE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND VEGETATION IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS. DRIVING MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE HIGH WINDS. NVZ032-034-052100- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 219 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS CAN CAUSE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WINDS GUSTS OFF THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE ERRATIC...MAKING DRIVING TREACHEROUS ALONG US HIGHWAY 93 IN CLOVER VALLEY AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229 IN RUBY VALLEY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE AT RISK OF BEING BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
913 WWUS75 KLKN 051927 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY... .A PASSING DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY. SOME MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...WITH STRONGER WINDS AND A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGE IN THE LEE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. NVZ032-034-052100- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS CAN CAUSE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WINDS GUSTS OFF THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE ERRATIC...MAKING DRIVING TREACHEROUS ALONG US HIGHWAY 93 IN CLOVER VALLEY AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229 IN RUBY VALLEY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE AT RISK OF BEING BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NVZ033-060000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.110205T1927Z-110206T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCM
405 WWUS75 KLKN 052123 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY... .A PASSING DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY. SOME MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. NVZ032-034-052230- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS IN ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ033-060000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110206T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCM
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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.