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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 3:48 AM PST for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 3:48 AM PST (11:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 3:47 AM PST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 2284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WWUS75 KREV 201148 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 348 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE EAST OF THE SIERRA AGAIN TODAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM THE PRESSURE GRADIENT EAST OF THE SIERRA WILL INCREASE. STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM RENO SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR TO BRIDGEPORT. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NVZ003-210000- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120120T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0001.120120T2100Z-120121T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 348 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM 4 PM THROUGH 8 PM. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 395 AND INTERSTATE 80. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ CAZ073-210000- /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0001.120120T2100Z-120121T0600Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES 348 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM 5 PM THROUGH 9 PM. * WINDS:SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ NVZ001-004-210000- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0003.120121T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 348 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 OT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO WALKER LAKE. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 95. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST IS ALSO LIKELY IN AREAS WHERE SHOWERS ARE SLOW TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. 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. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-210000- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0006.120120T1500Z-120121T0300Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 348 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 1 TO 3 FEET INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
656 WWUS75 KREV 201655 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 855 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE SIERRA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ALONG HIGHWAY 395 FROM RENO SOUTH THROUGH MONO COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT LYON COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING. CAZ073-NVZ003-210100- /O.EXT.KREV.HW.W.0001.120121T0000Z-120121T0600Z/ MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...SPARKS... GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 855 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 70 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG HIGHWAY 395. BLOWING ASH MAY OCCUR NEAR THE WASHOE DRIVE FIRE. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. && $$ NVZ001-004-210100- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0003.120121T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 855 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN NEVADA. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT LYON COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO WALKER LAKE. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ACROSS HIGHWAY 95. * VISIBILITY MAY LOWER BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-210100- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120121T0300Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 855 AM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
610 WWUS75 KREV 202320 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 320 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE SIERRA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ALONG HIGHWAY 395 FROM RENO SOUTH THROUGH MONO COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT LYON COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS EVENING. CAZ073-NVZ003-210030- /O.CAN.KREV.HW.W.0001.120121T0000Z-120121T0600Z/ MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...SPARKS... GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 320 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-210030- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120121T0300Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 320 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AT LAKE TAHOE THIS AFTERNOON THEREFORE THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NVZ001-004-211200- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0003.120121T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 320 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN NEVADA. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL IMPACT LYON COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 95 FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO WALKER LAKE. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT BEFORE RETURNING ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER STORM. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. * VISIBILITY MAY LOWER BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING DUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
838 WWUS75 KREV 211147 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 347 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY... .GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THEN DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. NVZ001-004-220000- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0004.120121T1800Z-120122T0300Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 347 AM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. * WINDS: INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM FALLON TO HAWTHORNE. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG HIGHWAY 95. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:48 AM PST | High Wind Warning | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:48 AM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:50 AM PST | Flash Flood Watch | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 24 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.