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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV

February 18, 2016Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2016, 10:02 AM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2016, 10:02 AM PST (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2016, 12:37 PM PST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 543 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
97 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

601 
WWUS75 KLKN 181802
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1002 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016

NVZ031-033>035-039-182100-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160218T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.160218T1802Z-160218T2100Z/
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE 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...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
1002 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER 
  HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE 
  WINDS.

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.

&&

$$

NVZ036>038-040-041-181915-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160218T1800Z/
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-
NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
1002 AM PST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED..

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEY WILL REMAIN GUSTY
INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH BUT
ONLY BRIEFLY AND IN ISOLATED SPOTS.

$$
1 follow-up statement
372 
WWUS75 KLKN 182037 
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1237 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016

NVZ031-033>035-039-182145-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160218T2100Z/
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
1237 PM PST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SOME GUSTS WILL STILL REACH INTO THE
20S AND LOW 30S MPH WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING A BIT TRICKY ALL OF A
SUDDEN. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DIE DOWN THROUGH SUNSET.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 1:53 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNElko12 hr
Feb 18, 1:56 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNElko24 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.