Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 34, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2011, 4:46 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 6, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2011, 4:46 PM PDT (23:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
895 WWUS75 KLKN 070344 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 844 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 NVZ033-070445- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-110607T0400Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 844 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...HOWEVER STILL EXPECT SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:22 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 13 hr |
| 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 |
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.