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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at May 21, 2012, 2:21 PM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2012, 2:21 PM PDT (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 8:01 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 3478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020 WWUS75 KLKN 212121 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 221 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 NVZ031-033-034-038-039-221415- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0023.120522T1700Z-120523T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 221 PM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER... SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...WELLS... PEQUOP SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 225. 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. && $$ RLC/86
3 follow-up statements
399 WWUS75 KLKN 220955 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 255 AM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NVZ031-033-034-038-039-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0023.120522T1700Z-120523T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 255 AM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM PDT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER... SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...WELLS... PEQUOP SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 225. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ROOD
906 WWUS75 KLKN 222209 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NVZ031-033-034-038-039-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120523T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 309 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 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: WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER... SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...WELLS... PEQUOP SUMMIT * IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 93 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 225. 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. && $$
736 WWUS75 KLKN 230301 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 801 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012 NVZ031-033-034-038-039-230415- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120523T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 801 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA. WHILE A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR...WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:23 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 41 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.