Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2016, 2:19 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Mar 11, 2016, 9:00 AM PST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2016, 2:19 PM PST (22:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2016, 9:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
756 WWUS75 KLKN 102219 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 219 PM PST THU MAR 10 2016 NVZ035-037-040-041-111300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.160311T1700Z-160312T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 219 PM PST THU MAR 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 50 AND 6. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
991 WWUS75 KLKN 111007 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 207 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 NVZ035-037-040-041-120300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.160311T1700Z-160312T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 207 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 50 AND 6. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
404 WWUS75 KLKN 112248 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 248 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 NVZ035-037-040-041-120300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160312T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 248 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS HIGHWAYS 50 AND 6. 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. && $$ JR
591 WWUS75 KLKN 120252 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 652 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 NVZ035-037-040-041-120400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160312T0300Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 652 PM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING AND ARE CURRENTLY GUSTING IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
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.