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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Elko, NV

February 19, 2023Humboldt County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2023, 12:26 PM PST for Humboldt County, Nevada. It took effect at Feb 21, 2023, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2023, 12:26 PM PST (20:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2023, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 21, 2023, 10:00 PM PST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Humboldt County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2023-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2023-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 12:23 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchLKNWhite Pine23 hr
Feb 19, 12:23 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLKNElko, Eureka, Lander, Nye, White Pine3 days

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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.