Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 2:53 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2011, 2:53 PM PDT (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 6:35 PM PDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
714 WWUS75 KLKN 172153 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 253 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL NEVADA... STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF IDAHO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ELKO AND NORTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES. NVZ031>037-181000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.110418T0000Z-110418T1500Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 253 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME WESTERLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 45 ARE EXPECTED. SUMMITS AND HIGHER TERRAIN WILL SEE THE HIGHEST GUSTS. * TIMING: STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT MIDNIGHT PDT SUNDAY NIGHT AND 6 AM PDT MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS... CARLIN... PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMIS...RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND CRANES WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS. INTERSTATE 80 WILL BE IN THE AREA OF FORECAST STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. NARROW VALLEYS OR CANYONS WILL ENHANCE WIND SPEEDS. 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. && $$ BOYD
1 follow-up statement
822 WWUS75 KLKN 180135 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 635 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011 NVZ031>037-180245- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110418T1500Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 635 PM PDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...SOME LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ON EAST SIDE OF THE RUBIES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:04 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:28 PM PDT | Flood Watch | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 10 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.