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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Elko, NV

March 19, 2011Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this winter storm watch at Mar 19, 2011, 2:50 AM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, White Pine County, Nevada. It took effect at Mar 20, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2011, 2:50 AM PDT (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2011-03-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 18, 2:59 PM PDT, 11 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 2:59 PM PDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 2:32 PM PDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
232 PM PDT FRI MAR 18 2011

NVZ013-030>037-192145-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
232 PM PDT FRI MAR 18 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST
NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALONG
WITH THE WINDS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH. ON SUNDAY EVEN STRONGER
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA ON MONDAY WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN MANY AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:47 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchLKNEureka, Lander, White Pine25 hr
Mar 19, 3:47 AM PDTWind AdvisoryLKNElko, White Pine14 hr

Nearby

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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.