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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2015, 2:18 AM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2015, 2:18 AM PDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2015, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
351 WWUS75 KLKN 290918 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 218 AM PDT THU OCT 29 2015 NVZ040-041-300200- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.151029T1800Z-151030T0200Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 218 AM PDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 6. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
009 WWUS75 KLKN 292108 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 208 PM PDT THU OCT 29 2015 NVZ040-041-300200- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151030T0200Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 208 PM PDT THU OCT 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVEVNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 6. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PJS
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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.