Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 3:01 AM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2012, 3:01 AM PDT (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 4078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
361 WWUS75 KLKN 111001 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 301 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 NVZ035-037-041-112300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.120411T1500Z-120411T2300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 301 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY... MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN... AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 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. && $$ NVZ033-112315- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.120411T1900Z-120412T0500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 301 AM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS:DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
057 WWUS75 KLKN 112146 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 246 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 NVZ035-037-041-112300- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120411T2300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 246 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ NVZ033-120500- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0500Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 246 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS:DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 12:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 38 min |
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.