Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Mar 21, 2016, 2:36 AM PDT for Humboldt County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2016, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Humboldt County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
561 WWUS75 KLKN 210936 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 236 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 NVZ030-220300- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.160321T1800Z-160322T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 236 AM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY LATE THIS MORNING...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALL AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WHICH MAY REDUCE 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. && $$ JR
2 follow-up statements
317 WWUS75 KLKN 212130 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 NVZ040-221900- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.160322T1500Z-160323T0500Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 230 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE AREA BETWEEN GABBS...TONOPAH...AND ROUND MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRAILERS AND SEMIS AND CRANES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY STAYING LANES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOW AROUND OR AWAY. BLOWING DUST IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NVZ030-220300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160322T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 230 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALL AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND SUNSET. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WHICH MAY REDUCE 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. && $$
187 WWUS75 KLKN 220258 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 758 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 NVZ030-220400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160322T0300Z/ HUMBOLDT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT 758 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS SUCH THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ NVZ040-222100- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0010.160322T1500Z-160323T0500Z/ NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN 758 PM PDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE AREA BETWEEN GABBS... TONOPAH...AND ROUND MOUNTAIN. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WITH BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2:30 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | Nye | 27 hr |
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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.