Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV
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 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.
- 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
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. $$ LW
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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.