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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Elko, NV

June 10, 20214 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this frost advisory at Jun 10, 2021, 2:10 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Jun 11, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2021, 2:10 PM PDT (21:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 11, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 7:00 AM PDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

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

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -181 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

858 
WWUS75 KLKN 102110
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Elko NV
210 PM PDT Thu Jun 10 2021

NVZ031-035-037>039-111215-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FR.Y.0002.210611T0800Z-210611T1400Z/
Northern Elko County-White Pine County-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County-
Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County-
Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge,
Mountain City, Owyhee, Tuscarora, Ely, Ely Airport, Lund, 
Preston, Ruth, Cherry Creek, McGill, Eureka, Pinto Summit, 
Grass Valley, Hickison Summit, Diamond Valley, Eureka Airport, 
Garden Pass, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, 
Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis
210 PM PDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Freezing temperatures will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Northern Elko County, White Pine County, Southern 
  Lander County and Southern Eureka County, Southwest Elko 
  County and South Central Elko County.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 7 AM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/lkn
1 follow-up statement
963 
WWUS75 KLKN 111403
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Elko NV
703 AM PDT Fri Jun 11 2021

NVZ031-035-037>039-111515-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210611T1400Z/
Northern Elko County-White Pine County-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County-
Southwest Elko County-South Central Elko County-
Including the cities of Midas, Gibbs Ranch, Charleston, Jarbidge,
Mountain City, Owyhee, Tuscarora, Ely, Ely Airport, Lund, 
Preston, Ruth, Cherry Creek, McGill, Eureka, Pinto Summit, 
Grass Valley, Hickison Summit, Diamond Valley, Eureka Airport, 
Garden Pass, Elko, Ryndon, Jiggs, Lamoille, Lee, South Fork, 
Spring Creek, Ruby Lake, and Oasis
703 AM PDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures will quickly rise and a warm afternoon is expected. 
Many sheltered locations did fall into the 20s this morning.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://weather.gov/lkn

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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.