Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Watches in 2017
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this high wind watch at Feb 4, 2017, 1:10 PM PST for 4 counties in California; 7 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Feb 6, 2017, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2017, 1:10 PM PST (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2017, 1:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2017, 4:00 AM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
529 WWUS75 KREV 042110 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 110 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 CAZ070-071-NVZ003-005-051300- /O.NEW.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T0900Z-170207T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE, FORT BIDWELL, PORTOLA, SUSANVILLE, SPARKS, GARDNERVILLE, VIRGINIA CITY, EMPIRE, AND GERLACH 110 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS COVERS MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH WINDS PICKING UP IN THE VALLEYS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. ROTORS MAY SWITCH WIND DIRECTIONS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT TIMES. FOR WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 395 IN LASSEN COUNTY AND I-580 THROUGH WASHOE VALLEY...GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH. RIDGES IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA WILL GUST OVER 100 MPH. * IMPACTS: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER DELAYING OR REROUTING TRAVEL AROUND WIND PRONE AREAS. STRONG TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT AVIATION INTERESTS IN THE REGION POSSIBLY RESULTING IN DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS. TREES WEAKENED BY RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW ARE PRONE TO FALLING IN HIGH WINDS. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * SNOWFALL: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS ABOVE 5500 FEET ELEVATION WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 IN LASSEN AND PLUMAS COUNTIES. PLAN FOR TRAVEL DELAYS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ001-004-051300- /O.NEW.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T1500Z-170207T0600Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF YERINGTON, SMITH VALLEY, FERNLEY, LOVELOCK, AND SILVER SPRINGS 110 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING, CONTINUING MOST OF THE DAY MONDAY. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING MONDAY. AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 95 HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEEING DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS: FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 95...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 95 SHOULD SEE LOWER PEAK WINDS, WITH GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT AVIATION INTERESTS IN THE REGION. TREES WEAKENED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ARE PRONE TO FALLING IN HIGH WINDS. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
1 follow-up statement
596 WWUS75 KREV 051200 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 CAZ071-051300- /O.CAN.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T0900Z-170207T0600Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED. SEE THE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. $$ NVZ003-060000- /O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T0900Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HW.W.0002.170206T0600Z-170207T0400Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPARKS, GARDNERVILLE, AND VIRGINIA CITY 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS TODAY WITH WINDS PICKING UP IN THE VALLEYS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. ROTORS MAY SWITCH WIND DIRECTIONS TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT TIMES. FOR WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS I-580 THROUGH WASHOE VALLEY AND IN THE FOOTHILLS, GUSTS COULD EXCEED 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER DELAYING OR REROUTING TRAVEL AROUND WIND PRONE AREAS. STRONG TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT AVIATION INTERESTS IN THE REGION POSSIBLY RESULTING IN DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS. TREES WEAKENED BY RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW ARE PRONE TO FALLING IN HIGH WINDS. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ CAZ070-NVZ005-060000- /O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T0900Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0003.170206T0600Z-170207T0400Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE, FORT BIDWELL, EMPIRE, AND GERLACH 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT AVIATION INTERESTS IN THE REGION. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ001-004-060000- /O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0002.170206T1500Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0003.170206T1500Z-170207T0400Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAWTHORNE, YERINGTON, SMITH VALLEY, FERNLEY, FALLON, LOVELOCK, AND SILVER SPRINGS 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM PST MONDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY AND CONTINUE MOST OF THE DAY MONDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR WILL IMPACT AVIATION INTERESTS IN THE REGION. A FEW POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-060000- /O.NEW.KREV.LW.Y.0006.170205T2100Z-170206T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, STATELINE, AND INCLINE VILLAGE 400 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AND A WINTER STORM WARNING GOES INTO AFFECT AT 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 TO 4 FEET. * SMALL BOATS, KAYAKS AND PADDLE BOARDS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHECK LAKE CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS. CONSIDER POSTPONING BOATING ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKE UNTIL A DAY WITH LESS WIND. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 12:54 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Alpine, El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Placer | 15 hr |
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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.