Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 40, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2012, 3:31 AM PST for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Dec 22, 2012, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 3:31 AM PST (11:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2012, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2012, 6:03 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 2648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WWUS75 KLKN 211131 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 331 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DELIVER GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG JET STREAM FLOW MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. NVZ035-040-041-220000- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.121222T2000Z-121223T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 331 AM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING CENTRAL NEVADA ROADS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 50...6...AND 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. && $$ LW
3 follow-up statements
591 WWUS75 KLKN 221058 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 258 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DELIVER GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG JET STREAM FLOW MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. NVZ035-040-041-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.121222T2000Z-121223T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 258 AM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING CENTRAL NEVADA ROADS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 50...6...AND 93. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LW
380 WWUS75 KLKN 222232 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 232 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 NVZ035-040-041-230300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-121223T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 232 PM PST SAT DEC 22 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 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING CENTRAL NEVADA ROADS INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAYS 50...6...AND 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. && $$
354 WWUS75 KLKN 230203 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 603 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 NVZ035-040-041-230315- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-121223T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 603 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT A FEW SITES THIS EVENING...BUT OVERALL THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS HAS PASSED. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:21 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 41 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.