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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Elko, NV

September 10, 2026Elko County, Humboldt County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2026, 2:11 PM PDT for Elko County, Humboldt County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Sep 12, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2026, 2:11 PM PDT (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 12, 2026, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 12, 2026, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2026-09-10Temperature 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 km15 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 2026-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.