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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2025, 11:37 AM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Oct 13, 2025, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2025, 11:37 AM PDT (18:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2025, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2025, 7:23 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WWUS75 KLKN 121837 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 1137 AM PDT Sun Oct 12 2025 NVZ035-037-040-041-131800- /O.NEW.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.251013T1800Z-251014T0600Z/ White Pine-Southern Lander and Southern Eureka-Northwestern Nye- Northeastern Nye- Including the cities of Garden Pass, Tonopah, Preston, Blue Eagle Ranch, Lund, McGill, Hickison Summit, Diamond Valley, Duckwater, Cherry Creek, Eureka, Grass Valley, Ely, Pinto Summit, Manhattan, Ruth, Ely Airport, Round Mountain, and Eureka Airport 1137 AM PDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT MONDAY MORNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Sustained south winds 20 to 25 mph, with gusts near 45 mph expected. * WHERE...White Pine, Southern Lander and Southern Eureka, Northeastern Nye, and Northwestern Nye Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM PDT Monday morning until 11 PM PDT Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust will reduce visibilities at times. Travel will be difficult, particularly for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ BS
2 follow-up statements
074 WWUS75 KLKN 131803 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 1103 AM PDT Mon Oct 13 2025 NVZ035-037-040-041-140600- /O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251014T0600Z/ White Pine-Southern Lander and Southern Eureka-Northwestern Nye- Northeastern Nye- Including the cities of Grass Valley, Cherry Creek, Lund, Pinto Summit, Diamond Valley, Eureka, Ely, Round Mountain, Ruth, Manhattan, Tonopah, McGill, Garden Pass, Eureka Airport, Hickison Summit, Blue Eagle Ranch, Ely Airport, Preston, and Duckwater 1103 AM PDT Mon Oct 13 2025 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Sustained south winds 20 to 25 mph, with gusts near 45 mph expected. * WHERE...White Pine, Southern Lander and Southern Eureka, Northeastern Nye, and Northwestern Nye Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Blowing dust will reduce visibilities at times. Travel will be difficult, particularly for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ BS
081 WWUS75 KLKN 140223 NPWLKN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 723 PM PDT Mon Oct 13 2025 NVZ035-037-040-041-140330- /O.CAN.KLKN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251014T0600Z/ White Pine-Southern Lander and Southern Eureka-Northwestern Nye- Northeastern Nye- Including the cities of Ely Airport, Lund, Hickison Summit, Tonopah, Ruth, Ely, Eureka, Garden Pass, Manhattan, McGill, Round Mountain, Preston, Eureka Airport, Diamond Valley, Duckwater, Pinto Summit, Grass Valley, Cherry Creek, and Blue Eagle Ranch 723 PM PDT Mon Oct 13 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Observations from automated remote weather stations have shown wind gusts residing below advisory criteria for the last hour. Therefore the wind advisory has been cancelled early. Winds will remain breezy tonight but gusts will be less than 45 mph. $$ 92
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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.