Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 11:42 AM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 11:42 AM PST (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 8:40 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
707 WWUS75 KLKN 241942 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1142 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN NEVADA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ... .A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS CLOSING IN ON NORTHERN NEVADA. GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED IN LANDER AND ELKO COUNTIES AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. GUSTS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE. NVZ031>034-036-250600- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.110224T1942Z-110225T0600Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA 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...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 1142 AM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS... CARLIN... PEQUOP SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ SZATANEK
1 follow-up statement
794 WWUS75 KLKN 250440 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 840 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 NVZ031>034-036-250545- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110225T0600Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 840 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR HUMBOLDT...ELKO...NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HUMBOLDT...ELKO...NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...LOCAL GUSTS UP 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 53 hr |
Nearby
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.