Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 37, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2012, 2:46 AM PST for Eureka County, Lander County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Nov 28, 2012, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2012, 2:46 AM PST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2012, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2012, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 3212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS75 KLKN 281046 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 246 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TODAY PRODUCING STRONG WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. NVZ037-040-041-290300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0037.121128T2000Z-121129T0300Z/ SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT... EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 246 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AFTER NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS:GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 50 DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY 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. && $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
733 WWUS75 KLKN 282200 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THROUGH THIS EVENING PRODUCING STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. NVZ037-040-041-290300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-121129T0300Z/ SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT... EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 200 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROUTES...STRONG CROSS WINDS ARE LIKELY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TURNER
209 WWUS75 KLKN 290242 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 642 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 NVZ037-040-041-290345- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-121129T0300Z/ SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT... EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH... ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 642 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS ONLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. $$
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.