Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 2, 2017, 2:34 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Oct 3, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2017, 2:34 PM PDT (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2017, 8:20 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
862 WWUS75 KLKN 022134 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 234 PM PDT Mon Oct 2 2017 NVZ030-036-031545- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.171003T1800Z-171004T0600Z/ Humboldt County-Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- 234 PM PDT Mon Oct 2 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Tuesday. * WINDS...North to northeast 20 to 35 mph with gusts to near 50 mph...especially on summits and ridgetops. * TIMING...Increasing after late morning to a maximum in mid afternoon. Decreasing after sunset. * IMPACTS...If you are driving a high profile vehicle or involved in outdoor operations which are sensitive to strong winds be alert for inconvenient or potentially hazardous winds. The strongest winds will be in southeast Humboldt County...over summits and passes in northern Lander and Eureka Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ bb
2 follow-up statements
875 WWUS75 KLKN 031022 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 322 AM PDT Tue Oct 3 2017 NVZ035-037-040430- /O.EXA.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.171003T1800Z-171004T0600Z/ White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- 322 AM PDT Tue Oct 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 11 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...North to northeast 20 to 35 mph with gusts to near 50 mph...especially on summits and ridgetops. * TIMING...Increasing after late morning to a maximum in mid afternoon. Decreasing after sunset. * IMPACTS...If you are driving a high profile vehicle or involvedin outdoor operations which are sensitive to strong winds be alert for inconvenient or potentially hazardous winds. The strongest winds will be in southeast Humboldt County...over summits and passes in northern Lander and Eureka Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ NVZ030-036-040430- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.171003T1800Z-171004T0600Z/ Humboldt County-Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- 322 AM PDT Tue Oct 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...North to northeast 20 to 35 mph with gusts to near 50 mph...especially on summits and ridgetops. * TIMING...Increasing after late morning to a maximum in mid afternoon. Decreasing after sunset. * IMPACTS...If you are driving a high profile vehicle or involvedin outdoor operations which are sensitive to strong winds be alert for inconvenient or potentially hazardous winds. The strongest winds will be in southeast Humboldt County...over summits and passes in northern Lander and Eureka Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
470 WWUS75 KLKN 040320 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 820 PM PDT Tue Oct 3 2017 NVZ030-035>037-040430- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-171004T0600Z/ Humboldt County-White Pine County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- 820 PM PDT Tue Oct 3 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have subsided this evening and the Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. $$ LW
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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.