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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 3:09 AM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 3:09 AM PST (11:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 10:00 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Churchill County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 108 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WWUS75 KREV 101109 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 309 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 NVZ004-102315- /O.CAN.KREV.LW.Y.0003.170110T1500Z-170111T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.WI.Y.0001.170110T1500Z-170111T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERNLEY, FALLON, LOVELOCK, AND SILVER SPRINGS 309 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS ON PYRAMID LAKE: 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST ON THE NORTH AND EAST SHORES. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80, HIGHWAYS 50 AND 95, AND ALTERNATE 50 AND 95. * BOATING ACTIVITY IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY. SMALL BOATS, KAYAKS AND PADDLE BOARDS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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. && $$ CAZ070-NVZ005-102315- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0001.170110T1200Z-170111T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE, FORT BIDWELL, EMPIRE, AND GERLACH 309 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AFTER THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN MORE UPROOTED TREES. DAMAGE TO WEAK STRUCTURES ARE POSSIBLE AND STRONG CROSS WINDS ON HIGHWAY 447 AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY ROAD WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS BEFORE WINDS INCREASE WHICH COULD BLOW THESE ITEMS AWAY. THE BEST THING TO DO IS PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ003-102315- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0001.170110T1200Z-170111T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPARKS, GARDNERVILLE, AND VIRGINIA CITY 309 AM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AFTER THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN MORE UPROOTED TREES AND DAMAGE TO POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE DUE TO ANY TREE DAMAGE. STRONG CROSSWINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND 580, AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 395 WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
2 follow-up statements
360 WWUS75 KREV 102101 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 101 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 CAZ070-NVZ005-110600- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE, FORT BIDWELL, EMPIRE, AND GERLACH 101 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PUSH OVER TREES, FENCES AND POWER LINES. MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 447 WILL BE IMPACTED BY CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ003-110600- /O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPARKS, GARDNERVILLE, AND VIRGINIA CITY 101 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PUSH OVER TREES, FENCES AND POWER LINES. MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND 580, AND HIGHWAYS 50 AND 395. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ NVZ004-110600- /O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERNLEY, FALLON, LOVELOCK, AND SILVER SPRINGS 101 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * WAVE HEIGHTS ON PYRAMID LAKE: 2 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS: CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80, HIGHWAYS 50 AND 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, FLASHLIGHTS WITH SPARE BATTERIES AND/OR CANDLES IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
528 WWUS75 KREV 110555 NPWREV URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 955 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 CAZ070-NVZ005-110700- /O.EXP.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE, FORT BIDWELL, EMPIRE, AND GERLACH 955 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... BUT GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 45 MPH. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NVZ003-110700- /O.EXP.KREV.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPARKS, GARDNERVILLE, AND VIRGINIA CITY 955 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... BUT MOST GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW 45 MPH. A FEW WIND PRONE LOCATIONS MAY STILL SEE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THROUGH 4 AM. $$ NVZ004-110700- /O.EXP.KREV.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FERNLEY, FALLON, LOVELOCK, AND SILVER SPRINGS 955 PM PST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... BUT MOST GUSTS WILL BE BELOW 40 MPH. A FEW WIND PRONE LOCATIONS NEAR SILVER SPRINGS...SOUTHWEST OF FALLON...AND JUST WEST OF LOVELOCK MAY SEE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:10 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:28 PM PST | Lake Wind Advisory | REV | Churchill, Lyon, Pershing, Washoe | 8 hr |
| Jan 9, 8:17 PM PST | River Flood Warning | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon | 30 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:31 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | REV | Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe | 36 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:34 AM PST | Blizzard Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 31 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | REV | Douglas, Washoe | 67 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:31 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | REV | Douglas, Lyon, Storey, Washoe | 20 hr |
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.