Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 40, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 4, 2011, 3:05 AM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 5, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2011, 3:05 AM PDT (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2011, 7:12 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
654 WWUS75 KLKN 041005 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 305 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 50 MPH ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY. NVZ035-042215- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.111005T1500Z-111006T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 305 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 2O TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50. 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. && $$ RCM
4 follow-up statements
584 WWUS75 KLKN 042009 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 109 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 55 MPH ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY. NVZ035-060300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.111005T1500Z-111006T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 109 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
577 WWUS75 KLKN 051015 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 315 AM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OVER 50 MPH ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY. NVZ035-060000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.111005T1500Z-111006T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 315 AM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50. 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. && $$
893 WWUS75 KLKN 052156 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 256 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 NVZ035-060300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111006T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 256 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
718 WWUS75 KLKN 060212 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 712 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 NVZ035-060315- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-111006T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 712 PM PDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1:49 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 26 min |
| Oct 4, 2:14 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 3:01 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 11 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:30 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 36 hr |
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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.