Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 29, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2016, 2:23 PM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Oct 13, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2016, 2:23 PM PDT (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2016, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 183 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
- 2570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
670 WWUS75 KLKN 122123 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 223 PM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 NVZ030-131530- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T0000Z-161015T0000Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 223 PM PDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 95. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUST UP TO 70 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS AS WELL. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
566 WWUS75 KLKN 130926 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 226 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 NVZ031-033>039-140330- /O.EXB.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T1200Z-161015T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 226 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 93. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUST UP TO 65 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ030-140330- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T0000Z-161015T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 226 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 95. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$
075 WWUS75 KLKN 132158 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 258 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 NVZ030-141600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T0000Z-161015T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 258 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 95. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ031-033>039-141600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T1200Z-161015T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 258 PM PDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING TO FRIDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 93. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUST UP TO 65 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$
333 WWUS75 KLKN 141041 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 341 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 NVZ030-150300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161015T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 341 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 95. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ031-033>039-150300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.161014T1200Z-161015T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 341 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING AROUND 55 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND DOUBLY SO ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 93. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. BRIEF STRONGER GUST UP TO 65 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PEAKS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$
097 WWUS75 KLKN 150253 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 753 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 NVZ030-150400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161015T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 753 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ031-033>039-150400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161015T0300Z/ NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS... LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS... AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT 753 PM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.