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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Reno, NV

November 19, 2016Mono County, California

NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2016, 5:10 PM PST for Mono County, California. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2016, 5:10 PM PST (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2016, 9:00 PM PST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Reno, NV

County Mono County, CA

The radar

The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-11-20Temperature 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2016-11-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

602 
WWUS75 KREV 200110
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
510 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

CAZ073-200500-
/O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0020.161120T0110Z-161120T0500Z/
MONO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIDGEPORT AND MAMMOTH LAKES
510 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY,
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: THROUGH 900 PM.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CROSS WINDS FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH EASTERN MONO
  COUNTY. TURBULENCE AND PERIOD OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE
  ENHANCED FOR AVIATORS. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILES VEHICLES ARE LIKELY. WINDS 
COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH YOUR VEHICLE OUT OF YOUR TRAVEL 
LANE. 

&&

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
621 
WWUS75 KREV 200441
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
841 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

CAZ073-200545-
/O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/
MONO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIDGEPORT AND MAMMOTH LAKES
841 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING AND GUSTS SHOULD
REMAIN MOSTLY BELOW 40 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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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.