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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Elko, NV

June 18, 2011Elko County, Nevada

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:40 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningLKNElko11 days

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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.