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Wind Advisory 48, NWS Elko, NV

December 21, 2011Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2011, 1:13 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Dec 21, 2011, 11:00 AM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2011, 1:13 AM PST (09:13 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2011, 11:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 21, 2011, 6:00 PM PST
In force
7 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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 2011-12-21Temperature 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 2011-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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.

422 
WWUS75 KLKN 210913
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
113 AM PST WED DEC 21 2011


NVZ033-220200-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0048.111221T1900Z-111222T0200Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS...
WEST WENDOVER
113 AM PST WED DEC 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS ON WEST
  TO EAST ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 80. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
  CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
976 
WWUS75 KLKN 212210
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
210 PM PST WED DEC 21 2011

NVZ033-220200-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-111222T0200Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS...
WEST WENDOVER
210 PM PST WED DEC 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 5 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS ON WEST
  TO EAST ROADWAYS LIKE INTERSTATE 80. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE
  CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.

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
245 
WWUS75 KLKN 220203
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
603 PM PST WED DEC 21 2011

NVZ033-220315-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-111222T0200Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS...
WEST WENDOVER
603 PM PST WED DEC 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY WILL EXPIRED AT
6 PM PST THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.


$$

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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.