Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 3:22 AM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 3:22 AM PDT (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 3243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071 WWUS75 KLKN 281022 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 322 AM PDT THU APR 28 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. NVZ030>034-036-282300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.110428T1900Z-110429T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 322 AM PDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS-WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
729 WWUS75 KLKN 282135 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 235 PM PDT THU APR 28 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA... .STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. NVZ030>034-036-290300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110429T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 235 PM PDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL GENERATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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
348 WWUS75 KLKN 290301 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 801 PM PDT THU APR 28 2011 NVZ030>034-036-290415- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110429T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 801 PM PDT THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE WEAKENING BUT WILL STILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER SUMMITS. BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...SOME BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AROUND TWO MILES IN SPOTS. $$ BOYD
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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.