Alert archive / Nevada / High Wind Watches in 2018
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this high wind watch at Apr 5, 2018, 3:32 PM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 7, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2018, 3:32 PM PDT (22:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2018, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2018, 6:37 AM PDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 5, 3:15 PM PDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:15 PM PDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Elko NV 222 PM PDT Thu Apr 5 2018 NVZ030-031-033>041-061315- Humboldt County-Northern Elko County-Southeastern Elko County- Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range-White Pine County- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County- Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County- Southwestern Elko County-South Central Elko County- Northwestern Nye County-Northeastern Nye County- 222 PM PDT Thu Apr 5 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Nevada...north central Nevada...northeast Nevada...northwest Nevada and south central Nevada. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered showers will develop tonight, mainly in northern Nevada. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Thursday. A strong flow of moisture will move in off the Pacific to bring rain, snow and wind to much of northern and central Nevada. Snow levels will be rising and rain on high-elevations snow will enhance snowmelt through Saturday morning. This may lead to some small stream flooding including in and around the Paradise Valley area of Humboldt County. Also, the Mary's River in Elko County could reach bankfull due to increased snowmelt and rainfall of over one-half inch. A cold front on Saturday will bring some strong wind gusts and the Ruby Mountains could reach gusts over 60 mph through Saturday evening. Rain will be changing over to snow late Saturday and mountains could receive several inches of snow. Valley amounts will be generally less than a half inch for most areas however the higher terrain of northern Elko County could receive a few inches of snow accumulation. Sunday night through Monday. High pressure will bring dry conditions. A few showers will develop Tuesday night and a colder system may arrive on Wednesday night and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to report weather phenomena according to standard operating procedure.
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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.