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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2014, 3:54 PM PST for Mono County, California; 7 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Dec 24, 2014, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2014, 3:54 PM PST (23:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2014, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 4:00 PM PST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Mono County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS75 KREV 232354 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 354 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. CAZ073-NVZ001-003-004-241200- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0017.141224T1800Z-141225T0000Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE... VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 354 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * WAVES ON PYRAMID LAKE: INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON...HIGHEST ON EAST TO NORTHEAST SHORES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 395 AND 95...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 580. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO...AND POSSIBLE FOR HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON PYRAMID LAKE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-241200- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0051.141224T1200Z-141224T2100Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... INCLINE VILLAGE 354 PM PST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH BY LATE MORNING. * WAVE HEIGHTS: INCREASING TO 2 TO 5 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ SNYDER/HOON HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
579 WWUS75 KREV 241125 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 325 AM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY. CAZ073-NVZ001-003-004-242100- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0017.141224T1800Z-141225T0000Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE... VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 325 AM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * WAVES ON PYRAMID LAKE: INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON...HIGHEST ON EAST TO NORTHEAST SHORES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 395 AND 95...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 580. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON PYRAMID LAKE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-242100- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0051.141224T1200Z-141224T2100Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... INCLINE VILLAGE 325 AM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH BY LATE MORNING. * WAVE HEIGHTS: INCREASING TO 2 TO 5 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
650 WWUS75 KREV 242210 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 210 PM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY. CAZ073-NVZ001-003-004-250000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141225T0000Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE... VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 210 PM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * WAVES ON PYRAMID LAKE: INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON...HIGHEST ON EAST TO NORTHEAST SHORES. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 395 AND 95... AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 580. DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON PYRAMID LAKE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR CROSS WINDS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
523 WWUS75 KREV 242349 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 349 PM PST WED DEC 24 2014 CAZ073-NVZ001-003-004-250100- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-141225T0000Z/ MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES... HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE... VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 349 PM PST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SHIFT THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING REPLACED BY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES STARTING AT 4 PM. WINDS WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE FRONT BECOMING LIGHTER OVERNIGHT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:50 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:54 PM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer | 21 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.