Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 3:36 PM PST for Elko County, Humboldt County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 3:36 PM PST (23:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 2:38 PM PST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Humboldt County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WWUS75 KLKN 202336 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 336 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY FOR HUMBOLDT AND EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES... NVZ030-033-211145- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.120121T1500Z-120122T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 336 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH TRENDING HIGHWAYS. HIGHWAYS 95...ALTERNATE 93...AND INTERSTATE 80 OVERPASSES WILL BE STRONGLY AFFECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE PRONE TO OVERTURNING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
173 WWUS75 KLKN 210921 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 121 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST TODAY FOR HUMBOLDT AND EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES... NVZ030-033-220230- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.120121T1500Z-120122T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 121 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: DURING THE MORNING THE WINDS WILL HAVE A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT. HOWEVER WITH THE FRONT COMING THROUGH THE REGION EXPECTING THE WIND TO SHIFT LATER TODAY FROM WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 45 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH TRENDING HIGHWAYS. HIGHWAYS 95...ALTERNATE 93...AND INTERSTATE 80 OVERPASSES WILL BE STRONGLY AFFECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE PRONE TO OVERTURNING. BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && SZATANEK $$
378 WWUS75 KLKN 212238 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 238 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 NVZ030-033-212345- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120122T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 238 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN HUMBOLDT AND EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES. THEY WILL STILL TEND TO BE GUSTY OVERNIGHT BUT THE STRONG WINDS OF EARLIER TODAY WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...WINTER CONDITIONS WILL STILL PREVAIL PERIODICALLY SO PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 23 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.