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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 26, 2016, 10:32 AM PST for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Nov 26, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2016, 10:32 AM PST (18:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2016, 7:44 PM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 3731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
451 WWUS75 KLKN 261832 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1032 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 NVZ035-040-041-270600- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0034.161126T2100Z-161127T0600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 1032 AM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTS 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * 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-50. SECURE LOOSE AND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
722 WWUS75 KLKN 262224 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 224 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 NVZ035-040-041-270600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161127T0600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 224 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF VANS, CAMPERS, TRAILERS, AND OTHER HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE WINDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS US-50. SECURE LOOSE AND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
247 WWUS75 KLKN 270344 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 744 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 NVZ035-040-041-270445- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-161127T0600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 744 PM PST SAT NOV 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE STRONG WINDS THAT IMPACTED NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. AS THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2:49 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye, White Pine | 48 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.