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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Elko, NV

January 25, 2018Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2018, 8:48 AM PST for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Jan 25, 2018, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2018, 8:48 AM PST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 25, 2018, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 25, 2018, 4:00 PM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2018-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2018-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

899 
WWUS75 KLKN 251648
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Elko NV
848 AM PST Thu Jan 25 2018

NVZ033-260000-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.180125T1800Z-180126T0000Z/
Southeastern Elko County-
848 AM PST Thu Jan 25 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Wind Advisory...
which is in effect until 4 PM PST this afternoon. 

* WINDS...West to northwest 20 to 30 mph gusting to 50 mph.

* TIMING...Winds will be increasing before noon. Strongest winds
  will be between 1pm and 3pm.|

* IMPACTS...Drivers of high profile vehicles should use caution in
  the Wendover area. Cross winds are frequently encountered along
  Interstate 80 near Wendover and Silver Zone Pass. 

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.

&&

$$

LW
1 follow-up statement
020 
WWUS75 KLKN 260001
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Elko NV
401 PM PST Thu Jan 25 2018

NVZ033-260115-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180126T0000Z/
Southeastern Elko County-
401 PM PST Thu Jan 25 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

Winds across southeastern Elko county including the Wendover area
have decreased below advisory levels this afternoon. Winds will
continue to diminish late this afternoon and into the evening
hours. Therefore, the wind advisory was allowed to expire.

$$

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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.