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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV

December 21, 2013Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2013, 2:35 AM PST for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 13 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2013, 2:35 AM PST (10:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2013, 4:00 PM PST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2013-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Las Vegas, NV at 00:00Z on 2013-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

247 
WWUS75 KLKN 211035
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
235 AM PST SAT DEC 21 2013

...STRONG WINDS OVER CENTRAL NEVADA...


NVZ040-041-220000-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.131221T1035Z-131222T0000Z/
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
235 AM PST SAT DEC 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED AT TONOPAH AND
  WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA UNTIL 4 PM PST.
 
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... 
  CURRANT SUMMIT. 

* IMPACTS...DEGRADED DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

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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.