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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Elko, NV

March 24, 2012

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2012, 2:23 AM PDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2012, 2:23 AM PDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

226 
WWUS75 KLKN 240923
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
223 AM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE PACIFIC TODAY.
AHEAD OF THIS STORM...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY.

NVZ013-242130-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.120324T1800Z-120325T0300Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
223 AM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING. 


* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: MIDDAY TO EARLY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...CURRANT SUMMIT.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
  NYE COUNTY...WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN EASTERN AREAS.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ALONG U S ROUTE 6.


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.

&&

$$

RCM
2 follow-up statements
825 
WWUS75 KLKN 242120
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
220 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON SUNDAY...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE IN THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY.
STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

NVZ013-251200-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0014.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120325T0300Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
220 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.
  EXPECT ADDITIONAL STRONG WINDS MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...CURRANT SUMMIT.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NYE
  COUNTY...WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN EASTERN AREAS.

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S.
  HIGHWAY 6. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. 

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.

&&

$$

NVZ032-034>037-251200-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0014.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...
CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
220 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55
  MPH. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH
  EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN... 
  PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN 
  NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON 
  PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... 
  PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS 

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE
  80 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 50. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LOCALLY
  REDUCE VISIBILITY.

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.

&&

$$

TURNER
727 
WWUS75 KLKN 250318
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
818 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON SUNDAY...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE IN THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY.
STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

NVZ013-251530-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120325T0300Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0014.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
818 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY.


* WINDS: SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...CURRANT SUMMIT.

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S.
  HIGHWAY 6. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.


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.

&&

$$

NVZ032-034>037-251530-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0014.120325T1800Z-120326T0300Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...
CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...
AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
818 PM PDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 
  MPH. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH 
  EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN... 
  PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN 
  NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON 
  PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... 
  PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS

* IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS SUCH AS 
  INTERSTATE 80 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 50. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST 
  WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

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.

&&

$$

RCM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 2:20 PM PDTWind AdvisoryLKNElko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine30 hr

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Sources

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