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Lake Wind Advisory 29, NWS Reno, NV

May 19, 20164 counties in Nevada

NWS Reno, NV issued this lake wind advisory at May 19, 2016, 1:22 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at May 20, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2016, 1:22 PM PDT (20:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
May 20, 2016, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 411 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 2016-05-19Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
2214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:22 PM PDTWind AdvisoryREVLyon, Mineral31 hr
May 19, 1:31 PM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryREVWashoe21 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.