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Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

December 26, 2016White Pine County, Nevada

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 6:58 PM PSTWind Chill WarningLKNWhite Pine14 min
Dec 25, 7:15 PM PSTWind Chill AdvisoryLKNEureka, Lander, White Pine13 hr

Nearby

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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.