Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 32, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 5, 2011, 3:37 AM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 5, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2011, 3:37 AM PDT (10:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WWUS75 KLKN 051037 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 337 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 NVZ013-035-037-060300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0032.110605T1800Z-110606T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 337 AM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE IN THE EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS. 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. && $$ ROOD
2 follow-up statements
703 WWUS75 KLKN 052254 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 354 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 NVZ013-035-037-060300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110606T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 354 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEVADA FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE IN THE EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT... EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON WEST TO EAST ROADS. BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
022 WWUS75 KLKN 060254 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 754 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 NVZ013-035-037-060400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-110606T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 754 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LEVELS THROUGHOUT MOST OF CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING. EXPECT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS...LIKE TONOPAH...INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. $$
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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.