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Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind chill warning at Dec 25, 2016, 6:58 PM PST for White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Dec 26, 2016, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2016, 6:58 PM PST (02:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2016, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2016, 7:12 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
830 WWUS45 KLKN 260258 WSWLKN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 658 PM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...VERY COLD AIR IS MOVING ACROSS NEVADA COUPLED WITH CLEAR NIGHT SKIES WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES. DRAINAGE FROM THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NIGHTTIME WINDS WHICH WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINDCHILL VALUES.... NVZ035-261100- /O.NEW.KLKN.WC.W.0002.161226T0800Z-161226T1600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELY, RUTH, MCGILL, CONNORS PASS, AND GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 658 PM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...-20F TO -35F WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA AND CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE AND DEATH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
1 follow-up statement
475 WWUS45 KLKN 260312 WSWLKN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 712 PM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 NVZ035-260415- /O.CAN.KLKN.WC.W.0002.161226T0800Z-161226T1600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELY, RUTH, MCGILL, CONNORS PASS, AND GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 712 PM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. WARNING WAS MEANT TO BE ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 7:15 PM PST | Wind Chill Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 13 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:18 AM PST | Wind Chill Warning | LKN | White Pine | 3 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.