Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 39, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jul 19, 2011, 2:30 AM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 19, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2011, 2:30 AM PDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2011, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 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 09:35 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 5226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506 WWUS75 KLKN 190930 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 AM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF NEVADA TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING. NVZ031>035-200400- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0039.110719T1800Z-110720T0400Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 230 AM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 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 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AROUND 11 AM AND AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR SUMMITS AND PASSES. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 9 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS... CARLIN... PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
506 WWUS75 KLKN 192158 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN OREGON AND IDAHO TODAY IS PRODUCING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NEVADA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES...THEN DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. NVZ031>035-200400- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-110720T0400Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 258 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TRANSITION TO A WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION BY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING IN WESTERN AREAS...REMAINING GUSTY INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS OVER EXTREME EASTERN NEVADA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS... CARLIN... PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AND SUDDEN GUSTS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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
400 WWUS75 KLKN 200341 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 841 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 NVZ031>035-200445- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-110720T0400Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 841 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ACROSS WHITE PINE AND ELKO COUNTIES HAVE GONE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE WINDIER LOCALES...LIKE THE WEST WENDOVER AREA...MAY SEE SOME STRONGER GUSTS THIS EVENING TO AROUND 40 MPH...BUT THE THREAT FOR VERY STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS TOMORROW ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER TOMORROW...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. $$
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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.