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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2011, 3:25 AM PDT for 7 counties in Nevada; Mono County, California. It took effect at May 15, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2011, 3:25 AM PDT (10:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2011, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2011, 7:07 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Mono County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523 WWUS75 KREV 151025 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 325 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 NVZ004-160100- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0041.110515T1800Z-110516T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0016.110515T1500Z-110516T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS 325 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY NOON. * WAVE HEIGHTS ON PYRAMID LAKE: 3 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS: TRAVELERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS... ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 95. SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NVZ003-160100- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0016.110515T1500Z-110516T0100Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 325 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY WEAKENING. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 395 TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS THE WASHOE VALLEY AND NEAR HOLBROOK JUNCTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-160100- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0041.110515T1800Z-110516T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 325 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: DECREASE TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT THE INCREASE SUNDAY TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: INCREASING SUNDAY TO 2 TO 4 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES ON THE NORTHEAST AND EAST SHORES BETWEEN KINGS BEACH AND GLENBROOK. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
2 follow-up statements
359 WWUS75 KREV 151648 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 948 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 CAZ073-NVZ001-160300- /O.EXB.KREV.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110516T0300Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY 948 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAYS 95 AND 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 95 AND 395 THROUGH THIS EVENING. BOATS SHOULD REMAIN OFF CROWLEY LAKE AND WALKER LAKE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NVZ003-004-160300- /O.EXT.KREV.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110516T0300Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 948 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395. * WAVE HEIGHTS ON PYRAMID LAKE: 3 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAYS 50...95 AND 395...AND INTERSTATE 80. SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF PYRAMID LAKE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-160315- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0041.110515T1800Z-110516T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 948 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES ON THE NORTHEAST AND EAST SHORES BETWEEN KINGS BEACH AND GLENBROOK. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ BRONG HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
549 WWUS75 KREV 160207 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 707 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 CAZ073-NVZ001-003-004-160315- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110516T0300Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE... VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 707 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-160315- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-110516T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 707 PM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES WILL DECREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:16 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 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.