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Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind chill warning at Dec 26, 2016, 5:18 AM PST for White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 26, 2016, 5:18 AM PST (13:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2016, 8:00 AM PST
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 13:19 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 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WWUS45 KLKN 261318 WSWLKN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 518 AM PST MON DEC 26 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. NVZ035-261600- /O.UPG.KLKN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KLKN.WC.W.0003.161226T1318Z-161226T1600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- 518 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...-35F TO -45F. * 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. && $$ NVZ037-261600- /O.CON.KLKN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1600Z/ SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 518 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...-20F TO -35F. * IMPACTS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA AND CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE AND DEATH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
724 WWUS45 KLKN 261601 WSWLKN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 801 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 NVZ035-261715- /O.EXP.KLKN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161226T1600Z/ WHITE PINE COUNTY- 801 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO SLOWLY WARM WITH WINDS DIMINISHING THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT, THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT WILL STILL BE VERY COLD OUTSIDE, TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS AND BUNDLE UP BEFORE VENTURING OUTDOORS. $$ NVZ037-261715- /O.EXP.KLKN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161226T1600Z/ SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 801 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO SLOWLY WARM WITH WINDS DIMINISHING THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT, THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT WILL STILL BE VERY COLD OUTSIDE, TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS AND BUNDLE UP BEFORE VENTURING OUTDOORS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:58 PM PST | Wind Chill Warning | LKN | White Pine | 14 min |
| Dec 25, 7:15 PM PST | Wind Chill Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 13 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.