Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2012, 2:02 PM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2012, 2:02 PM PST (22:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 3:11 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622 WWUS75 KLKN 212202 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 202 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY WEDNESDAY... .STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE JARBIDGE MOUNTAINS. NVZ031-221230- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.120222T1800Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE 202 PM PST TUE FEB 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. EXPECT STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 93. 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. && $$ TURNER/RLC
1 follow-up statement
423 WWUS75 KLKN 221111 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 311 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR ELKO COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND HIGHWAY SUMMITS WITHIN ELKO COUNTY. NVZ031-230000- /O.UPG.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.120222T1800Z-120223T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.HW.W.0001.120222T1800Z-120223T0600Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE 311 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. EXPECT STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAY 93. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NVZ032-230000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.120222T1800Z-120223T0600Z/ SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS... CARLIN...PEQUOP SUMMIT 311 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELKO...SPRING CREEK...WELLS...CARLIN... PEQUOP SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ACROSS PEQUOP SUMMIT ALONG INTERSTATE 80. 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. && $$ NVZ033-230000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.120222T2100Z-120223T1200Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 311 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ACROSS SILVER ZONE PASS ALONG INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ034-230000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.120222T1800Z-120223T0600Z/ RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS 311 AM PST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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
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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.