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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2012, 2:31 AM PDT for 6 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Oct 22, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2012, 2:31 AM PDT (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 3367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WWUS75 KLKN 210931 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 231 AM PDT SUN OCT 21 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY... .THE FIRST WINTER-LIKE STORM OF THE SEASON WILL START MOVING INTO THE REGION IN EARNEST ON MONDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE SYSTEM MOVES IN. NVZ030-031-033>041-220345- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.121022T1800Z-121023T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 231 AM PDT SUN OCT 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BY MIDDAY MONDAY...WITH STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING MONDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... CARLIN... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROUTES AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 80...U.S. HIGHWAY 6...U.S. HIGHWAY 50...U.S. HIGHWAY 93...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. 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. && $$ RCM
4 follow-up statements
606 WWUS75 KLKN 212120 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 220 PM PDT SUN OCT 21 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS NEVADA ON MONDAY. NVZ030-031-033>041-221200- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.121022T1800Z-121023T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 220 PM PDT SUN OCT 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FIRST ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AT THE TIME OF COLD FRONT PASSAGE...EXPECTED NEAR ELKO AND SPRING CREEK AT 4 TO 6 PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN SUBSIDING AFTER 8 PM MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... CARLIN... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROUTES AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 80...U.S. HIGHWAY 6...U.S. HIGHWAY 50...U.S. HIGHWAY 93...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ON PASSES AND SUMMITS...LOCALLY EXCEEDING 55 MPH. 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
604 WWUS75 KLKN 220914 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 214 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. NVZ030-031-033>041-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.121022T1800Z-121023T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 214 AM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FIRST ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AT THE TIME OF COLD FRONT PASSAGE...EXPECTED NEAR ELKO AND SPRING CREEK AT 4 TO 6 PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN SUBSIDING AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... CARLIN... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLYFOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROUTES AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 80...U.S. HIGHWAY 6...U.S. HIGHWAY 50...U.S. HIGHWAY 93...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 95. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ON PASSES AND SUMMITS...LOCALLY EXCEEDING 55 MPH. 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. && $$ RCM
693 WWUS75 KLKN 222104 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 204 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. NVZ030-031-033>041-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 204 PM PDT MON OCT 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: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AT THE TIME OF COLD FRONT PASSAGE...EXPECTED NEAR ELKO AND SPRING CREEK BETWEEN 4 TO 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK... CARLIN... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ROUTES AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 80...AND U.S. HIGHWAYS 6...50...93...AND 95. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ON PASSES AND SUMMITS...LOCALLY EXCEEDING 55 MPH. 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. && $$
112 WWUS75 KLKN 230235 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 735 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 NVZ030-031-033>041-230345- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121023T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 735 PM PDT MON OCT 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ RCM
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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.