Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at May 2, 2012, 2:30 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Nevada. It took effect at May 3, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2012, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Humboldt County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WWUS75 KLKN 022130 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY... .A DISTURBANCE BRUSHING NORTHWEST NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY EVENING. NVZ030-031200- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.120503T1900Z-120504T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 230 PM PDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN THE VALLEYS...AND NEAR 50 MPH ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... GOLCONDA SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ TURNER
3 follow-up statements
357 WWUS75 KLKN 031112 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 412 AM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A DISTURBANCE BRUSHING NORTHWEST NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NVZ030-040300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.120503T1900Z-120504T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 412 AM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... GOLCONDA SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
361 WWUS75 KLKN 032110 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 210 PM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A DISTURBANCE BRUSHING NORTHWEST NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NVZ030-040300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120504T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 210 PM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... GOLCONDA SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OPEN ROADWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE DANGERS OF STRONG CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ TURNER
902 WWUS75 KLKN 040245 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 745 PM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 NVZ030-040345- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120504T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 745 PM PDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
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.