Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:53 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 12 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:56 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.