Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 35, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 18, 2011, 5:01 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 5:01 PM PDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 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 00:02 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, 0.0 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
- 2971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
444 WWUS75 KLKN 190001 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 501 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2011 NVZ033-190600- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.110619T0001Z-110619T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 501 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER. * IMPACTS: TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
244 WWUS75 KLKN 190543 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1043 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2011 NVZ033-190645- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-110619T0600Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 1043 PM PDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...SO THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THIS TIME. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ RCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:40 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 11 days |
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.