Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 2:42 PM PST for Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 2:42 PM PST (22:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:59 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125 WWUS75 KLKN 282242 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 242 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH. NVZ013-035-037-291200- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.120229T1500Z-120301T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 242 PM PST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ALONG WEST TO EAST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 50. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
394 WWUS75 KLKN 291007 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 207 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO CENTRAL NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH. NVZ013-035-037-010000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.120229T1500Z-120301T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 207 AM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...SACRAMENTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ALONG WEST TO EAST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
189 WWUS75 KLKN 292233 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 233 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 NVZ013-035-037-010300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120301T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 233 PM PST WED FEB 29 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 WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER 5 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...SACRAMENTO SUMMIT * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ALONG WEST TO EAST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 50. 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. && $$
433 WWUS75 KLKN 010159 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 559 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 NVZ013-035-037-010300- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120301T0300Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 559 PM PST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED...THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:40 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine | 52 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.