Alert archive / Nevada / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2021, 2:16 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2021, 2:16 PM PST (22:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2021, 10:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2021, 7:00 PM PST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
515 WWUS75 KLKN 252216 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 216 PM PST Thu Feb 25 2021 NVZ030-033-036-038-039-261330- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.210226T1800Z-210227T0300Z/ Humboldt County-Southeastern Elko County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Golconda, Winnemucca, Valmy, Dufferena, West Wendover, Argenta, Battle Mountain, Crescent Valley, Beowawe, Dunphy, Emigrant Pass, Palisade, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 216 PM PST Thu Feb 25 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Humboldt County, Southeastern Elko County, Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County, Southwest Elko County and South Central Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
3 follow-up statements
637 WWUS75 KLKN 261004 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 204 AM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 NVZ030-033-036-038-039-270115- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.210226T1800Z-210227T0300Z/ Humboldt County-Southeastern Elko County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Golconda, Winnemucca, Valmy, Dufferena, West Wendover, Argenta, Battle Mountain, Crescent Valley, Beowawe, Dunphy, Emigrant Pass, Palisade, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 204 AM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Humboldt County, Southeastern Elko County, Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County, Southwest Elko County and South Central Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
421 WWUS75 KLKN 262218 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 218 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 NVZ040-271330- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.210227T1800Z-210228T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Tonopah 218 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph expected with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Northwestern Nye County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ NVZ030-033-036-038-039-270300- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210227T0300Z/ Humboldt County-Southeastern Elko County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Golconda, Winnemucca, Valmy, Dufferena, West Wendover, Argenta, Battle Mountain, Crescent Valley, Beowawe, Dunphy, Emigrant Pass, Palisade, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 218 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Humboldt County, Southeastern Elko County, Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County, Southwest Elko County and South Central Elko County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few power outages are possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
948 WWUS75 KLKN 270244 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 644 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 NVZ030-033-036-038-039-270345- /O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210227T0300Z/ Humboldt County-Southeastern Elko County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County- Including the cities of Golconda, Winnemucca, Valmy, Dufferena, West Wendover, Argenta, Battle Mountain, Crescent Valley, Beowawe, Dunphy, Emigrant Pass, Palisade, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis 644 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... Winds have subsided below advisory criteria. As such, the wind advisory will expire at 7 PM. $$ NVZ040-271745- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0007.210227T1800Z-210228T0300Z/ Northwestern Nye County- Including the cities of Manhattan, Round Mountain, and Tonopah 644 PM PST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph expected with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Nye County. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM PST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/lkn
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2:14 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 48 hr |
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.