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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 27, 2016, 6:38 PM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Nov 28, 2016, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2016, 6:38 PM PST (02:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2016, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2016, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
168 WWUS75 KLKN 280238 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 638 PM PST SUN NOV 27 2016 NVZ033-282045- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.161128T1500Z-161129T0200Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 638 PM PST SUN NOV 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM PST MONDAY. * WINDS...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STORM SYSTEM. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL START AROUND 10 AM PST ON MONDAY AND LAST TO 3 PM PST. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON I-80. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG CAUSE WINDS THAT MAY CAUSE THEM TO TIP OVER. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW SNOW INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WHICH COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ 99
3 follow-up statements
428 WWUS75 KLKN 281113 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 313 AM PST MON NOV 28 2016 NVZ033-290200- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.161128T1500Z-161129T0200Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 313 AM PST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30-35 MPH GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STORM SYSTEM. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL START AROUND 10 AM PST TODAY AND LAST TO 3 PM PST. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON I-80. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG CAUSE WINDS THAT MAY CAUSE THEM TO TIP OVER. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW SNOW INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WHICH COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
785 WWUS75 KLKN 282229 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 229 PM PST MON NOV 28 2016 NVZ033-290200- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161129T0200Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 229 PM PST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...STRONG WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON I-80. 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 I-80. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW SNOW INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH COULD LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
617 WWUS75 KLKN 290201 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 601 PM PST MON NOV 28 2016 NVZ033-290315- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-161129T0200Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 601 PM PST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE SUBSIDING ACROSS THE REGION. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALLY GUSTY CONDITIONS INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MAINLY HIGHER TERRAIN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS, HOWEVER FOR MOST AREAS THE WINDS WILL NO LONGER BE BREEZY. AS SUCH, THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM PST. $$ JR
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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.