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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2016, 2:22 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2016, 2:22 AM PST (10:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 5:56 PM PST
- In force
- 8 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 10:26 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 00:00Z, 10.4 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
- 2219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
247 WWUS75 KLKN 061022 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 222 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 NVZ033-070000- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.160306T1800Z-160307T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 222 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ NVZ030-062000- /O.EXT.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160306T2000Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 222 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCEDVISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ031-034>041-070000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ NORTHERN 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- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...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...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 222 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCEDVISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ LW
4 follow-up statements
083 WWUS75 KLKN 061628 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 828 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 NVZ030-061730- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160306T2000Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- 828 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY REQUIREMENT. THERE ARE STILL SOME GUSTY WINDS OUT THERE, SO BE CAREFUL ON HIGHWAYS OR WORKING OUTSIDE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ARE STILL VULNERABLE TO BROADSIDE GUSTS. $$ NVZ031-034>041-070000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ NORTHERN 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- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...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...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 828 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ NVZ033-070300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.160306T1800Z-160307T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 828 AM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
466 WWUS75 KLKN 062155 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 155 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 NVZ031-034>041-070000- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ NORTHERN 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- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...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...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 155 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BIGGEST IMPACTS ON SUMMITS AND PASSES. 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. && $$ NVZ033-070300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 155 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES... ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS ALSO MAY MAY BRING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BIGGEST IMPACTS ON HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS SILVER ZONE PASS AND SURROUNDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
174 WWUS75 KLKN 062352 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 352 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 NVZ031-034>041-070100- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0000Z/ NORTHERN 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- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE... OWYHEE...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...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 352 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WHILE SOME AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AND AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST. $$ NVZ033-070300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS... WEST WENDOVER 352 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGEST IMPACTS WILL BE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS SILVER ZONE PASS...AS WELL AS LOCATIONS ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS AND WHERE WESTERLY WINDS CHANNEL SUCH AS THE WEST WENDOVER AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JR
827 WWUS75 KLKN 070156 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 556 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 NVZ033-070300- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160307T0300Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 556 PM PST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WHILE SOME LOCALLY GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WIDESPREAD WINDY CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...AND AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:37 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Nye, White Pine | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:21 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 12:18 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 1:33 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 57 min |
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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.