Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jun 14, 2016, 2:25 PM PDT for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Jun 15, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2016, 2:25 PM PDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 3060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
204 WWUS75 KLKN 142125 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 225 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2016 NVZ035-041-151530- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.160615T1900Z-160616T0400Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 225 PM PDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAIN AREAS SUCH AS GREAT BASIN PARK. * TIMING...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BY THE MID-MORNING HOURS BECOMING STRONG AND SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA...ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTE 6 AND HIGHWAY 93. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 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. && $$ JR
3 follow-up statements
311 WWUS75 KLKN 151014 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 314 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 NVZ035-041-160400- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.160615T1900Z-160616T0400Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 314 AM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAIN AREAS SUCH AS GREAT BASIN PARK. * TIMING...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BY MID-MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA... ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTE 6 AND HIGHWAY 93. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
718 WWUS75 KLKN 152053 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 153 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 NVZ041-161500- /O.NEW.KLKN.FR.Y.0001.160616T1000Z-160616T1500Z/ /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0400Z/ NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 153 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ON SUMMITS AND PASSES. * TIMING...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING STRONG AND SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA... ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTE 6 AND HIGHWAY 93. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 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. && $$ NVZ030-031-040-161500- /O.NEW.KLKN.FR.Y.0001.160616T1000Z-160616T1500Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 153 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR OVER THE REGION WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO NEAR FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. THE MOST PRONE AREAS WILL BE IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 36 WITH ISOLATED SPOTS AS LOW AS 30. * DURATION...FROM 3 AM PDT (4 AM MDT) TO 8 AM PDT (9 AM MDT). THE BEST WINDOW FOR FROSTY TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM AROUND AN HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE TO AN HOUR AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS, SEEDLINGS, BLOSSOMS, NEW SHOOTS, AND SOME ANIMALS WILL BE PRONE TO DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NVZ035-160400- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0400Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 153 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAIN AREAS SUCH AS GREAT BASIN PARK. * TIMING...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS BY MID-MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA... ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADS SUCH AS U.S. ROUTE 6 AND HIGHWAY 93. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 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. && $$
572 WWUS75 KLKN 160400 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 NVZ041-161500- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0400Z/ /O.CON.KLKN.FR.Y.0001.160616T1000Z-160616T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 900 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR OVER THE REGION WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO NEAR FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 36 WITH ISOLATED SPOTS AS LOW AS 30. * DURATION...FROM 3 AM PDT (4 AM MDT) TO 8 AM PDT (9 AM MDT). THE BEST WINDOW FOR FROSTY TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM AROUND AN HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE TO AN HOUR AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS... SEEDLINGS... BLOSSOMS... NEW SHOOTS... AND SOME ANIMALS WILL BE PRONE TO DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NVZ035-160500- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0400Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 900 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ NVZ030-031-040-161500- /O.CON.KLKN.FR.Y.0001.160616T1000Z-160616T1500Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 900 PM PDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY... UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR OVER THE REGION WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO NEAR FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 36 WITH ISOLATED SPOTS AS LOW AS 30. * DURATION...FROM 3 AM PDT (4 AM MDT) TO 8 AM PDT (9 AM MDT). THE BEST WINDOW FOR FROSTY TEMPERATURES WILL BE FROM AROUND AN HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE TO AN HOUR AFTER SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS... SEEDLINGS... BLOSSOMS... NEW SHOOTS... AND SOME ANIMALS WILL BE PRONE TO DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
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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.