Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at May 28, 2013, 2:17 AM PDT for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at May 28, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2013, 2:17 AM PDT (09:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 7:51 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
982 WWUS75 KLKN 280917 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 217 AM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 NVZ035-040-041-290300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.130528T2100Z-130529T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 217 AM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF US HIGHWAYS 6 AND 50 AS WELL AS STATE HIGHWAYS 318 AND 376. BLOWING DUST MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
096 WWUS75 KLKN 282130 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 NVZ035-282230- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130529T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 230 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THE REST OF THE DAY. $$ NVZ040-041-290300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130529T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 230 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. BLOWING DUST MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 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. && $$
591 WWUS75 KLKN 290251 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 751 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 NVZ040-041-290400- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130529T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 751 PM PDT TUE MAY 28 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REST THE EVENING. $$
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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.