Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2011, 11:27 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2011, 11:27 AM PST (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 5 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 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913 WWUS75 KLKN 051927 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY... .A PASSING DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY. SOME MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...WITH STRONGER WINDS AND A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGE IN THE LEE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. NVZ032-034-052100- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: THROUGH 1 PM PST TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...RUBY VALLEY...CLOVER VALLEY * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN RUBY AND CLOVER VALLEYS CAN CAUSE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WINDS GUSTS OFF THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS CAN BE ERRATIC...MAKING DRIVING TREACHEROUS ALONG US HIGHWAY 93 IN CLOVER VALLEY AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229 IN RUBY VALLEY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE AT RISK OF BEING BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ033-060000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.110205T1927Z-110206T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 1127 AM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCM
2 follow-up statements
405 WWUS75 KLKN 052123 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY... .A PASSING DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY. SOME MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. NVZ032-034-052230- /O.EXP.KLKN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110205T2100Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS IN ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ033-060000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110206T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 123 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCM
039 WWUS75 KLKN 052355 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 355 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 NVZ033-060100- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110206T0000Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 355 PM PST SAT FEB 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 4 PM PST. $$ RCM
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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.