Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind warning at Mar 4, 2016, 2:57 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada; 4 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 5, 2016, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 4, 2016, 2:57 PM PST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2016, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2016, 9:58 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
677 WWUS75 KREV 042257 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 257 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016 CAZ070-071-NVZ003-005-051200- /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0002.160305T2100Z-160306T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA... SUSANVILLE...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...EMPIRE... GERLACH 257 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY GUST UP TO 75 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ001-004-051200- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0005.160305T2100Z-160306T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 257 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING DUST AND STRONG CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 95 AND 50. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ CAZ072-073-NVZ002-051200- /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0005.160305T2100Z-160306T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...INCLINE VILLAGE 257 PM PST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE SIERRA SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. SIERRA RIDGES GUSTING OVER 100 MPH. * IMPACTS: DROUGHT STRICKEN TREES MAY BECOME DAMAGED OR GET BLOWN DOWN. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS AND DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON ALL AREA LAKES INCLUDING LAKE TAHOE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
3 follow-up statements
994 WWUS75 KREV 051020 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 220 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 CAZ070-071-NVZ003-005-060000- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0002.160305T2100Z-160306T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA... SUSANVILLE...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...EMPIRE... GERLACH 220 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY GUST UP TO 75 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND...FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ001-004-060000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0005.160305T2100Z-160306T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 220 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING DUST AND STRONG CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80... HIGHWAYS 95 AND 50. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ CAZ072-073-NVZ002-060000- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0005.160305T2100Z-160306T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...INCLINE VILLAGE 220 AM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. SIERRA RIDGES GUSTING OVER 100 MPH. * IMPACTS: DROUGHT STRICKEN TREES MAY BECOME DAMAGED OR GET BLOWN DOWN. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS AND DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON ALL AREA LAKES INCLUDING LAKE TAHOE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
903 WWUS75 KREV 052330 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 330 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 CAZ070-071-NVZ003-005-061200- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160306T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA... SUSANVILLE...SPARKS...GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...EMPIRE... GERLACH 330 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND PRONE AREAS MAY GUST UP TO 75 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG CROSSWINDS... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 395. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ001-004-061200- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160306T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS 330 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING DUST AND STRONG CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80... HIGHWAYS 95 AND 50. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ CAZ072-073-NVZ002-060600- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160306T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...INCLINE VILLAGE 330 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. SIERRA RIDGES GUSTING OVER 100 MPH. * IMPACTS: DROUGHT STRICKEN TREES MAY BECOME DAMAGED OR GET BLOWN DOWN. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CROSSWINDS ON AREA HIGHWAYS AND DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON ALL AREA LAKES INCLUDING LAKE TAHOE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE AND POTENTIALLY BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND... FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
065 WWUS75 KREV 060558 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 958 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 CAZ070-071-NVZ003-005-060700- /O.CAN.KREV.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160306T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 958 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS EVENING...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. $$ NVZ001-004-060700- /O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160306T1200Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 958 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS EVENING...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ CAZ072-073-NVZ002-060700- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160306T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE... BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...INCLINE VILLAGE 958 PM PST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THIS EVENING AND THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING REPLACED BY A WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 67 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:57 PM PST | Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Washoe | 31 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nevada, 2016High Wind Warnings in California, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.