Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 7, 2017, 2:17 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Oct 8, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2017, 2:17 PM PDT (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2017, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2017, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 3867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WWUS75 KLKN 072117 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 217 PM PDT Sat Oct 7 2017 NVZ040-041-081530- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.171008T1800Z-171009T0600Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 217 PM PDT Sat Oct 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Sunday. * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will occur from mid-afternoon through the evening hours. * IMPACTS...Motorists should exercise caution while driving in the wind advisory area. Be alert to sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Extra attention should be given to cross winds when driving on west to east oriented roads. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
582 WWUS75 KLKN 081002 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 302 AM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 NVZ040-041-090415- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.171008T1800Z-171009T0600Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 302 AM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will occur from mid-afternoon through the evening hours. * IMPACTS...Motorists should exercise caution while driving in the wind advisory area. Be alert to sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Extra attention should be given to cross winds when driving on west to east oriented roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 99
009 WWUS75 KLKN 082112 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 212 PM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 NVZ040-041-090600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-171009T0600Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 212 PM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Motorists should exercise caution while driving in the wind advisory area. Be alert to sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Extra attention should be given to cross winds when driving on west to east oriented roads. 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. && $$
528 WWUS75 KLKN 090557 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 1057 PM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 NVZ040-041-090700- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-171009T0600Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Tonopah, Round Mountain, Duckwater, and Currant Summit 1057 PM PDT Sun Oct 8 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... The winds are expected to remain below advisory level thus the Wind Advisory is allowed to expire. $$ 99
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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.