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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2011, 3:09 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Mar 20, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2011, 3:09 PM PDT (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2011, 1:23 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WWUS75 KREV 192209 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 309 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... .A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL REACH THE CALIFORNIA COAST SUNDAY WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN MONO...MINERAL AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES WHERE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 50 AND 95 AS WELL AS I-80. NVZ001-004-201200- /O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0003.110320T1800Z-110321T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0003.110320T1200Z-110321T0300Z/ 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 309 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 50 AND 95 AND I-80. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. * ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS WILL OCCUR ON PYRAMID LAKE WITH WAVE HEIGHTS LOCALLY UP TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ NVZ003-201200- /O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0003.110320T1800Z-110321T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0007.110320T1200Z-110321T0000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 309 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE BRIEFLY POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-201200- /O.EXT.KREV.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-110320T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 309 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR LAKE TAHOE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS A WINTER STORM ROLLS THROUGH THE AREA. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET FOR MID LAKE AND DOWNWIND SHORES. HIGHEST WAVES FROM TAHOE CITY TO SAND HARBOR. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
430 WWUS75 KREV 200524 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1024 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... .A PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN MONO...MINERAL AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 50 AND 95 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80. NVZ001-004-201330- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0003.110320T1200Z-110321T0300Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 1024 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 50...95 AND INTERSTATE 80. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE. * ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS WILL OCCUR ON PYRAMID LAKE WITH WAVE HEIGHTS 2 TO 5 FEET. SMALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN OFF PYRAMID LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ NVZ003-201330- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0007.110320T1200Z-110321T0000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 1024 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 395. 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. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-201200- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-110320T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 1024 PM PDT SAT MAR 19 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR LAKE TAHOE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AS A WINTER STORM AFFECTS THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET FOR MID LAKE AND DOWNWIND SHORES. HIGHEST WAVES FROM TAHOE CITY TO SAND HARBOR. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
475 WWUS75 KREV 201046 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 346 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80... .A PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN MONO...MINERAL...AND SOUTHERN CHURCHILL COUNTIES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 50 AND 95 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80. CAZ072-NVZ002-201200- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-110320T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 346 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 2O TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED ON LAKE TAHOE TODAY WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 5 FEET. $$ NVZ001-004-210015- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0003.110320T1200Z-110321T0300Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 346 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH... MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 50...95...AND POSSIBLY INTERSTATE 80. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE. * ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS WILL OCCUR ON PYRAMID LAKE WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 5 FEET. SMALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN OFF PYRAMID LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ NVZ003-210000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0007.110320T1200Z-110321T0000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 346 AM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 395. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
368 WWUS75 KREV 202023 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 123 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN THE BASIN AND RANGE... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE EASTERN SIERRA AND BASIN AND RANGE. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN MONO...MINERAL...AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 50 AND 95 AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 80 NEAR LOVELOCK. NVZ003-202130- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110321T0000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 123 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS FAILED TO DEVELOP IN THE TRUCKEE MEADOWS AND CARSON VALLEY TODAY...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NVZ001-004-210300- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110321T0300Z/ 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 123 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH... MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS 50...95...AND POSSIBLY INTERSTATE 80. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE. * ROUGH AND CHOPPY WATERS WILL OCCUR ON PYRAMID LAKE WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 1 TO 3 FEET. SMALL BOATS SHOULD REMAIN OFF PYRAMID LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ 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 18, 7:49 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:06 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:05 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:10 AM PDT | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 20 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:17 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:09 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Washoe | 25 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:17 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 37 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.