Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2019
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2019, 8:02 AM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2019, 8:02 AM PDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2019, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642 WWUS75 KLKN 291502 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 802 AM PDT Tue Oct 29 2019 NVZ033-035-037-040-041-292315- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.191029T1502Z-191030T0400Z/ Southeastern Elko County-White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Silver Zone Pass, West Wendover, Ely, Ruth, McGill, Connors Pass, Great Basin National Park, Austin, Austin Summit, Eureka, Diamond Valley, Pinto Summit, Tonopah, Round Mountain, Duckwater, and Currant Summit 802 AM PDT Tue Oct 29 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph gusts reaching 45 to 50 mph. * WHERE...Southeastern Elko County, White Pine County, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County, Northwestern Nye County and Northeastern Nye County. * WHEN...Until 9 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong winds will impact US Highways 6 and 50. Interstate 80 from Pequop Summit to Wendover will have strong winds as well. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
1 follow-up statement
447 WWUS75 KLKN 300335 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 835 PM PDT Tue Oct 29 2019 NVZ033-035-037-040-041-300445- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-191030T0400Z/ Southeastern Elko County-White Pine County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Silver Zone Pass, West Wendover, Ely, Ruth, McGill, Connors Pass, Great Basin National Park, Austin, Austin Summit, Eureka, Diamond Valley, Pinto Summit, Tonopah, Round Mountain, Duckwater, and Currant Summit 835 PM PDT Tue Oct 29 2019 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... Winds have subsided below advisory levels across central and northeastern NV this evening. As such the wind advisories will be expiring at 9PM. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
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.