Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2011, 2:49 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 2:49 AM PST (10:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2011, 1:00 AM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
117 WWUS75 KLKN 071049 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 249 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. BEHIND THIS STORM...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 60 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA...AND MAY REACH 55 MPH IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA. NVZ013-072300- /O.UPG.KLKN.HW.A.0002.110307T1800Z-110308T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0003.110307T1800Z-110308T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 249 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES. SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE BLOWN OVER. U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 376 WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPACTED. 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. && $$ NVZ033-072300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.110307T1800Z-110308T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WEST WENDOVER 249 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING BELOW 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY BELOW 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND ALTERNATE U.S. HIGHWAY 93...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCM
3 follow-up statements
482 WWUS75 KLKN 072235 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 235 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. NVZ013-080600- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 235 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES. SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE BLOWN OVER. U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 376 WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPACTED. 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. && $$ NVZ033-080600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WEST WENDOVER 235 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING BELOW 5000 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY BELOW 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * TIMING: CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND ALTERNATE U.S. HIGHWAY 93...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TURNER
161 WWUS75 KLKN 080307 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 707 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEY SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NVZ013-080415- /O.CAN.KLKN.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 707 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...WITH NO ADDITIONAL GUSTS OVER 45 MPH EXPECTED. $$ NVZ032-034-080900- /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0004.110308T0307Z-110308T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 707 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY * IMPACTS: DRIVERS WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING VEHICLES ON NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 93. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE BLOWN OVER. LIGHT STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ033-080900- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 707 PM PST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND ALTERNATE U.S. HIGHWAY 93...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ RCM
273 WWUS75 KLKN 080859 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1259 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 NVZ032-034-081000- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 1259 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DECREASED ACROSS THE REGION AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. $$ NVZ033-081000- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 1259 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DECREASED ACROSS THE REGION AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. $$ RCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:49 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LKN | 16 hr |
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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.