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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 30, 2012, 8:37 AM PST for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Nov 30, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012, 8:37 AM PST (16:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2012, 4:21 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WWUS75 KLKN 301637 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 837 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA... NVZ030-031-034-036-038-039-011045- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0038.121130T1800Z-121201T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 837 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: FRIDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. SUNDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: FRIDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM AND DIMINISH AROUND 7 PM. SUNDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT... ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$ NVZ033-035-037-040-041-011045- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 837 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY... MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN... AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
320 WWUS75 KLKN 302258 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 258 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA... NVZ030-031-034-036-038-039-011700- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 258 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: FRIDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. SUNDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: FRIDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL AROUND 7 PM. SUNDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...WINNEMUCCA... MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. && $$ NVZ033-035-037-040-041-011700- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 258 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY... MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN... AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
003 WWUS75 KLKN 010021 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 421 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA SUNDAY... NVZ030-031-034-036-038-039-011830- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-121201T0300Z/ /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 421 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE... WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT... SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO... SPRING CREEK...CARLIN * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NVZ033-035-037-040-041-011830- /O.CON.KLKN.HW.A.0006.121202T1500Z-121203T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 421 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY MORNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE AND EXITS THROUGH WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY... MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN... AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE... AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:28 AM PST | High Wind Watch | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye, White Pine | 35 hr |
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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.