Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2011, 1:57 PM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2011, 1:57 PM PDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2011, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WWUS75 KREV 162057 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 157 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD GUSTY WEST WINDS TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 95. NVZ004-170200- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0005.110316T2057Z-110317T0200Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS 157 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY REPLACES THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 MPH. * PYRAMID LAKE WAVE HEIGHTS: 3 TO 5 FEET. HIGHEST WAVES ON NORTH AND EAST SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF PYRAMID LAKE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER GUSTY WINDS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN FERNLEY AND LOVELOCK...HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN DAYTON AND MIDDLEGATE. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NVZ001-170200- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0005.110316T2057Z-110317T0200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY 157 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER GUSTY WINDS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 95 INCLUDING THE WALKER LAKE AREA. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
221 WWUS75 KREV 170136 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 636 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011 NVZ001-004-170245- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 636 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:12 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 10 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.