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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Elko, NV

January 15, 2011Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2011, 1:35 PM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 15, 2011, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2011, 1:35 PM PST (21:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2011, 10:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 16, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
In force
12 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 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.6 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 2011-01-15Temperature 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 2011-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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.

162 
WWUS75 KLKN 152135
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
135 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011

NVZ032-034-161800-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.110116T0600Z-110116T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
135 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST
SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST
SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20
  TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING...GRADUALLY
  DECREASING BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS.

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN
  RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS TONIGHT AND ALONG HIGHWAY 93 FROM WELLS
  TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF WELLS.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
722 
WWUS75 KLKN 161053
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
253 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011

NVZ032-034-161800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110116T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
253 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST
HUMBOLDT RANGE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING: GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
  NIGHT HOURS AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID-MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS
  ALONG WITH THE RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEY AREAS...AS WELL AS
  HIGHWAY 93 FROM WELLS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF WELLS.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
937 
WWUS75 KLKN 161754
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
954 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011


NVZ032-034-161900-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110116T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
954 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY
MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

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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.