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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2021, 2:31 PM PST for Nye County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 24, 2021, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2021, 2:31 PM PST (22:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2021, 12:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Nye County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 3079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
413 WWUS75 KLKN 232231 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 231 PM PST Tue Feb 23 2021 NVZ040-041-241345- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.210224T2000Z-210225T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, Tonopah, Blue Eagle Ranch, and Duckwater 231 PM PST Tue Feb 23 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph expected with gusts around 40 mph. * WHERE...Northwestern Nye County and Northeastern Nye County. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM PST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. High profile vehicles should use caution especially on east to west routes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
2 follow-up statements
049 WWUS75 KLKN 241003 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 203 AM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 NVZ040-041-250115- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.210224T2000Z-210225T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, Tonopah, Blue Eagle Ranch, and Duckwater 203 AM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph expected with gusts around 45 mph. * WHERE...Northwestern Nye County and Northeastern Nye County. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM PST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
113 WWUS75 KLKN 250249 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 649 PM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 NVZ040-041-250400- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210225T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, Tonopah, Blue Eagle Ranch, and Duckwater 649 PM PST Wed Feb 24 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... Winds continue to diminish across northern Nye county and have fallen below advisory levels. Therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ 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.