Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this high wind warning at May 15, 2011, 7:41 PM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at May 15, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2011, 7:41 PM PDT (02:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 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 02:41 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 00:00Z, 2.7 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
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689 WWUS75 KLKN 160241 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 741 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS PERSISTING THROUGH THE EVENING... .THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM FROM THE PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NEVADA. NVZ035-160345- /O.CAN.KLKN.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110516T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 741 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY. NO FURTHER STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...AND THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ NVZ033-160600- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-110516T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0009.110516T0300Z-110516T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 741 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS UPGRADED THE WIND ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 10 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICULAR CONTROL. TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ032-034-160600- /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0009.110516T0300Z-110516T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 741 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 10 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICULAR CONTROL. TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ RCM/CEC
1 follow-up statement
618 WWUS75 KLKN 160534 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1034 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 NVZ033-160645- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110516T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 1034 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS HAVE MOSTLY DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. $$ NVZ032-034-160645- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110516T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 1034 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS HAVE MOSTLY DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. $$ 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.