Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 24, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2012, 3:02 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 3:02 PM PST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 9:30 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WWUS75 KREV 212302 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 302 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 NVZ003-221300- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0024.121221T2302Z-121222T1500Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 302 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO...CARSON CITY...AND MINDEN. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. CROSS WINDS WILL ALSO POSE A HAZARD... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF CARSON CITY AND FOR HIGHWAY 395 IN THE NORTH VALLEYS OF RENO. ALSO...THERE WILL LIKELY BE ROAD RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-220200- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-121222T0200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...INCLINE VILLAGE 302 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 3 TO 5 FEET FROM MID LAKE TO NORTH AND EAST SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WATERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS A WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NVZ004-220200- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-121222T0200Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 302 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PYRAMID LAKE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR PYRAMID LAKE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES FROM MID LAKE TO NORTH SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WATERS WILL THROUGH SATURDAY AS A WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
2 follow-up statements
616 WWUS75 KREV 220149 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 549 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 CAZ072-NVZ002-220300- /O.EXP.KREV.LW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-121222T0200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...INCLINE VILLAGE 549 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. HOWEVER A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM PST MONDAY, MEANING THAT STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT LAKE TAHOE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. $$ NVZ004-220300- /O.EXP.KREV.LW.Y.0077.000000T0000Z-121222T0200Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 549 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR PYRAMID LAKE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR PYRAMID LAKE WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. $$ NVZ003-221500- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121222T1500Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 549 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO...CARSON CITY...AND MINDEN. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. CROSS WINDS WILL ALSO POSE A HAZARD... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF CARSON CITY AND FOR HIGHWAY 395 IN THE NORTH VALLEYS OF RENO. ALSO... THERE WILL LIKELY BE ROAD RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
319 WWUS75 KREV 220530 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 930 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 NVZ003-220630- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121222T1500Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 930 PM PST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST OVERNIGHT IN FAR WESTERN NEVADA WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN NORMALLY WIND PRONE AREAS. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
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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.