Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2021, 2:04 PM PST for Elko County, Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 16, 2021, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2021, 2:04 PM PST (22:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Nye County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 554 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
963 WWUS75 KLKN 152204 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 204 PM PST Mon Feb 15 2021 NVZ031-033-040-161315- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.210216T1800Z-210217T0300Z/ Northern Elko County-Southeastern Elko County- Northwestern Nye County- Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge, Mountain City, Owyhee, Tuscarora, West Wendover, Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Tonopah 204 PM PST Mon Feb 15 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Northern Elko County, Southeastern Elko County and Northwestern Nye County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Tuesday. * 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
3 follow-up statements
389 WWUS75 KLKN 161040 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 240 AM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 NVZ031-161145- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.210216T1800Z-210217T0300Z/ Northern Elko County- Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge, Mountain City, Owyhee, and Tuscarora 240 AM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow and gusty winds is in effect. $$ NVZ039-170100- /O.EXA.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.210216T1800Z-210217T0300Z/ South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Ruby Lake and Oasis 240 AM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph expected with gusts to 45 mph. The strongest winds will be in the vicinity of Ruby Valley. * WHERE...South Central Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 7 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. && $$ NVZ033-040-170100- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.210216T1800Z-210217T0300Z/ Southeastern Elko County-Northwestern Nye County- Including the cities of West Wendover, Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Tonopah 240 AM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph expected with gusts to 45 mph. * WHERE...Northwestern Nye County and Southeastern Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 7 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
827 WWUS75 KLKN 162141 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 141 PM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 NVZ040-162245- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210217T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Tonopah 141 PM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Pressure gradients have loosened and wind speeds remained below advisory criteria so the Wind Advisory for Northwest Nye County has been cancelled. $$ NVZ033-039-170300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210217T0300Z/ Southeastern Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of West Wendover, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 141 PM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph expected with gusts to 45 mph. The strongest winds will be in the vicinity of Ruby Valley. * WHERE...South Central Elko County. * WHEN...Now to 7 PM PST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
261 WWUS75 KLKN 170310 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 710 PM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 NVZ033-039-170415- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210217T0300Z/ Southeastern Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of West Wendover, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 710 PM PST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds continue to diminish across southeastern Elko county and have fallen below advisory levels. Therefore the advisory has been expired. $$ 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.