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Lake Wind Advisory 56, NWS Reno, NV

June 24, 20126 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California

NWS Reno, NV issued this lake wind advisory at Jun 24, 2012, 12:12 PM PDT for 6 counties in Nevada; 8 counties in California. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2012, 12:12 PM PDT (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Alpine County, CA, El Dorado County, CA, Lassen County, CA, Mono County, CA, Nevada County, CA, Placer County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 422 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:45 PM PDTRed Flag WarningREVWashoe33 hr

Nearby

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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.