Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 45, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2011, 2:00 PM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Nov 25, 2011, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2011, 2:00 PM PST (22:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 25, 2011, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2011, 3:20 PM PST
- In force
- 14 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 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399 WWUS75 KLKN 242200 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PST THU NOV 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTHEAST OF NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ELKO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...AS WELL AS NEAR WEST WENDOVER AND IN EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. NVZ033-260000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0045.111125T1500Z-111126T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 200 PM PST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN JUST AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT NEAR WEST WENDOVER AND ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION. 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. && $$ NVZ032-034-260000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0045.111125T0900Z-111126T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 200 PM PST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS PERSISTING THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. IMPACTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH OF WELLS...INCLUDING CLOVER VALLEY...AND STATE HIGHWAY 229. THE RUBY VALLEY AND RUBY LAKE VICINITIES WILL BE AFFECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
558 WWUS75 KLKN 251034 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 234 AM PST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...VERY WINDY TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTHEAST OF NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ELKO COUNTY TODAY. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...AS WELL AS NEAR WEST WENDOVER. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. NVZ033-260000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0045.111125T1500Z-111126T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 234 AM PST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR WEST WENDOVER AND ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. 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. && $$ NVZ032-034-260000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111126T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 234 AM PST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY...AND U.S. 93 SOUTH OF WELLS. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE TODAY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IMPACTED HIGHWAYS INCLUDE U.S. HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH OF WELLS...AND STATE HIGHWAY 229 AND 232 IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
757 WWUS75 KLKN 252320 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 320 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2011 NVZ032>034-260030- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111126T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS 320 PM PST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS SEEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND SPEEDS MEASURED BY AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS ARE REPORTING READINGS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED SITES ARE GUSTING TO 45 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS HAS PASSED...THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.