Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2021, 1:02 AM PST for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 5, 2021, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2021, 1:02 AM PST (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2021, 9:00 PM PST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
781 WWUS75 KLKN 050902 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 102 AM PST Fri Feb 5 2021 NVZ031-033-060015- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.210205T1800Z-210206T0500Z/ Northern Elko County-Southeastern Elko County- Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge, Mountain City, Owyhee, Tuscarora, and West Wendover 102 AM PST Fri Feb 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Northern Elko County and Southeastern Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 9 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
1 follow-up statement
283 WWUS75 KLKN 052026 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 1226 PM PST Fri Feb 5 2021 NVZ034-039-060500- /O.EXA.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210206T0500Z/ Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Ruby Lake and Oasis 1226 PM PST Fri Feb 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range and South Central Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 9 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ NVZ031-033-060500- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210206T0500Z/ Northern Elko County-Southeastern Elko County- Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge, Mountain City, Owyhee, Tuscarora, and West Wendover 1226 PM PST Fri Feb 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Northern Elko County and Southeastern Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 9 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. 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
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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.