Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 5:10 PM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 5:10 PM PST (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 2:09 AM PST
- In force
- 9 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 01:13 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WWUS75 KLKN 220110 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 510 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 NVZ032-034-220500- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.120122T0110Z-120122T0500Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 510 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP 75 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH TRENDING HIGHWAYS. 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. && $$ JH/RCM
2 follow-up statements
613 WWUS75 KLKN 220430 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 830 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 NVZ032-034-221200- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 830 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP 65 MPH. * TIMING: NOW TO 4 AM PST. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH TRENDING HIGHWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE PRONE TO OVERTURNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
128 WWUS75 KLKN 221009 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 209 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADILY TAPERING OFF AS THE NIGHT HAS UNFOLDED. ISOLATED OR LOCALIZED GUSTS STILL POSSIBLE...BUT THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS HAS DIMINISHED. NVZ032-034-221115- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120122T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON PASS 209 AM PST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:46 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 24 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.