Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 33, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2011, 3:22 AM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:22 AM PDT (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 4:46 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 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 10:26 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 00:00Z, 10.4 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
- 3996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WWUS75 KLKN 061022 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 322 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 NVZ035-070000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.110606T1500Z-110607T0000Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 322 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. * WINDS:SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS REMAINING GUSTY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * 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. && $$ NVZ033-070400- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.110606T2100Z-110607T0400Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 322 AM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. * WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON BECOMING WESTERLY AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO A WESTERLY DIRECTION AND INCREASE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE IN THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS:MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ROOD
1 follow-up statement
509 WWUS75 KLKN 062346 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 446 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 NVZ033-070315- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-110607T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0034.110607T0000Z-110607T0400Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 446 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$ NVZ035-070100- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 446 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...HOWEVER WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. $$ MZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:32 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:00 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:46 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | Elko | 4 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.