Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2017, 1:55 PM PDT for 6 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 7, 2017, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2017, 1:55 PM PDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2017, 9:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2017, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WWUS75 KLKN 062055 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 155 PM PDT Thu Apr 6 2017 NVZ030-034-035-037-040-041-071500- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.170407T1600Z-170408T0200Z/ Humboldt County-Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range- White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 155 PM PDT Thu Apr 6 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 9 AM to 7 PM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will be in the afternoon. * IMPACTS...Loose or lightweight objects will be blown around or away. Strong winds will make driving inconvenient for most vehicles and difficult for trailers, semis, and so forth. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
007 WWUS75 KLKN 070916 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 216 AM PDT Fri Apr 7 2017 NVZ030-034-035-037-040-041-080200- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.170407T1600Z-170408T0200Z/ Humboldt County-Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range- White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 216 AM PDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will be in the afternoon. * IMPACTS...Loose or lightweight objects will be blown around or away. Strong winds will make driving inconvenient for most vehicles and difficult for high profile vehicles such as trailers, campers, and vans. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts in excess of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
362 WWUS75 KLKN 080159 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 659 PM PDT Fri Apr 7 2017 NVZ030-034-035-037-040-041-080300- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170408T0200Z/ Humboldt County-Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range- White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 659 PM PDT Fri Apr 7 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Wind gusts are not as strong as during the afternoon and will slowly subside around the region. Thus the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. However winds may gust above 30 mph across highway overpasses through this evening. $$ LW
Nearby
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.