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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2015, 3:39 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Dec 21, 2015, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2015, 3:39 PM PST (23:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2015, 9:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2015, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 WWUS75 KREV 202339 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 339 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 NVZ003-211200- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0013.151221T1700Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 339 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...REACHING THEIR STRONGEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND-PRONE AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 IN WASHOE VALLEY AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH- PROFILES VEHICLES...WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FOR INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ004-211200- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0038.151221T1700Z-151222T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 339 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PST MONDAY FOR PYRAMID LAKE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR PYRAMID LAKE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH FOR LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WAVE HEIGHTS: INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY LATE MORNING MONDAY. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-210800- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-151221T0800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...INCLINE VILLAGE 339 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR LAKE TAHOE... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 3 FEET FOR MID LAKE TO DOWNWIND SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
5 follow-up statements
453 WWUS75 KREV 210545 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 945 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 CAZ072-NVZ002-210645- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-151221T0800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 945 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS LAKE TAHOE HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. THEREFORE...THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY...REACHING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ003-211400- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.151221T1700Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 945 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...REACHING THEIR STRONGEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE DECREASING LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND-PRONE AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 IN WASHOE VALLEY AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH- PROFILES VEHICLES...WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FOR INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ004-211400- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0038.151221T1700Z-151222T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 945 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM PST MONDAY FOR PYRAMID LAKE... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH FOR LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WAVE HEIGHTS: INCREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY LATE MORNING MONDAY. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
992 WWUS75 KREV 211146 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 346 AM PST MON DEC 21 2015 NVZ003-220000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.151221T1700Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 346 AM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...REACHING THEIR STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 IN WASHOE VALLEY AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FOR INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND...FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ004-220000- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0038.151221T1700Z-151222T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 346 AM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PYRAMID LAKE... * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES FROM MID LAKE TO NORTH AND NORTHEAST SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
647 WWUS75 KREV 212204 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 204 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 NVZ003-220600- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 204 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 IN WASHOE VALLEY, HIGHWAY 395 IN THE CARSON VALLEY, HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF CARSON CITY, AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FOR INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND...FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ004-220100- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151222T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 204 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PYRAMID LAKE... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES FROM MID LAKE TO NORTH AND NORTHEAST SHORES. * SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
549 WWUS75 KREV 220050 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 450 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 NVZ004-220200- /O.EXP.KREV.LW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151222T0100Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 450 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PYRAMID LAKE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR PYRAMID LAKE WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AT PYRAMID LAKE ARE GRADUALLY DECREASING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST-SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE EVENING. BOATING TRAFFIC IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE LAKE AFTER SUNSET SO THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM. $$ NVZ003-220600- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 450 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 580 IN WASHOE VALLEY... HIGHWAY 395 IN THE CARSON VALLEY... HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF CARSON CITY... AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 395. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED FOR INTERSTATE 580 SOUTH OF RENO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND...FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
103 WWUS75 KREV 220541 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 941 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 NVZ003-220645- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151222T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY 941 PM PST MON DEC 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE DECREASING SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AND FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. A FEW STRONGER GUSTS CONTINUE SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 395 INTO MONO COUNTY. WITH THE DECREASE IN WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WE WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE RENO-SPARKS-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. A FEW GUSTS IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS LIKE WASHOE VALLEY...THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO AND CARSON CITY AND THE VIRGINIA CITY HIGHLANDS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 60 MPH THROUGH 1 AM...BUT THE STRONG GUSTS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT EXTENDING THE ADVISORY. $$ 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 20, 3:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 42 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:39 PM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 25 hr |
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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.