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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Elko, NV

October 12, 20254 counties in Nevada

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2025-10-12Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2025-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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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.