Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2012, 2:54 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2012, 2:54 AM PST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2012, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 9:22 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- 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 10:57 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 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
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192 WWUS75 KLKN 011054 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 254 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012 NVZ013-020600- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0008.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 254 AM PST THU MAR 1 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: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
905 WWUS75 KLKN 011717 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 917 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012 NVZ033-020600- /O.EXB.KLKN.WI.Y.0008.120301T2200Z-120302T1400Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 917 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ013-020600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0008.120301T1800Z-120302T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 917 AM PST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT 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. && $$
332 WWUS75 KLKN 020522 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 922 PM PST THU MAR 1 2012 NVZ013-020630- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T0600Z/ NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 922 PM PST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AS WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITERIA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ NVZ033-020630- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T1400Z/ EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 922 PM PST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE WENDOVER AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 10:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 20 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.