Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2016, 2:39 AM PST for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2016, 2:39 AM PST (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2016, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2016, 4:55 PM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
963 WWUS75 KLKN 311039 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 239 AM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 NVZ040-010445- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.160201T0600Z-160202T0000Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 239 AM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. NEAR AND AT TONOPAH...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITES TO TWO MILES OR LESS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
666 WWUS75 KLKN 312212 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 212 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 NVZ041-011615- /O.EXA.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.160201T0600Z-160202T0000Z/ NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 212 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO TWO MILES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ040-011615- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.160201T0600Z-160202T0000Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 212 PM PST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHERLY 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. NEAR AND AT TONOPAH...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM MONDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. 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. && $$ PJS
094 WWUS75 KLKN 011021 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 221 AM PST MON FEB 1 2016 NVZ040-020000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 221 AM PST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. NEAR AND AT TONOPAH...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ041-020000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 221 AM PST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. 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. && $$
227 WWUS75 KLKN 012210 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 210 PM PST MON FEB 1 2016 NVZ040-020600- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0600Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 210 PM PST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ041-020600- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0600Z/ NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 210 PM PST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 6. DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. 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. && $$ PJS
147 WWUS75 KLKN 020055 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 455 PM PST MON FEB 1 2016 NVZ040-041-020200- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T0600Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 455 PM PST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS AT AREAS PRONE TO NORTHERLY WINDS INTO THIS EVENING...SUCH AS TONOPAH...BUT EVEN THESE GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 8:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye, White Pine | 30 hr |
Nearby
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.