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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV

January 21, 2011Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2011, 10:02 PM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2011, 10:02 PM PST (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2011, 6:09 AM PST
In force
8 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 06:02 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 00:00Z, 6.0 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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.

797 
WWUS75 KLKN 220602
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1002 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011


NVZ032-034-221800-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.110122T0602Z-110122T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
1002 PM PST FRI JAN 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY 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 UNTIL 10 AM PST SATURDAY. 

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

* TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM PST SATURDAY.

* 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 TRAVELING ALONG
  US HIGHWAY 93.

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
514 
WWUS75 KLKN 221147
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
347 AM PST SAT JAN 22 2011

NVZ032-034-221800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
347 AM PST SAT JAN 22 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 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* TIMING: THROUGH 10 AM PST SATURDAY.

* 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 TRAVELING 
  ALONG US HIGHWAY 93. 

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.

&&

$$
097 
WWUS75 KLKN 221409
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
609 AM PST SAT JAN 22 2011


NVZ032-034-221515-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110122T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS
609 AM PST SAT JAN 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST
HUMBOLDT RANGE.

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING.


$$
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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.