Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this high wind warning at Mar 16, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 17, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2012, 2:12 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258 WWUS75 KLKN 162140 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 240 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS... .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE STORM...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NVZ035-171100- /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0004.120317T1200Z-120318T0000Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 240 PM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INCREASING TO 60 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES...POWERLINES...AND STRUCTURES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTES 6 AND 50. 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. && $$ RCM
2 follow-up statements
704 WWUS75 KLKN 171023 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 323 AM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS... .A POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. AHEAD OF THE STORM...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NVZ035-180000- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.W.0004.120317T1200Z-120318T0000Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 323 AM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM AROUND NOON THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES... POWER LINES...AND STRUCTURES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTES 6 AND 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ LW
826 WWUS75 KLKN 172112 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 212 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 NVZ035-172215- /O.CAN.KLKN.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120318T0000Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 212 PM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WARNING LEVELS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:50 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 47 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander | 38 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.