Alert archive / Nevada / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this snow squall warning at Dec 27, 2021, 12:04 PM PST for Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2021, 12:04 PM PST (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2021, 12:30 PM PST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
192
WWUS55 KLKN 272004
SQWLKN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
1204 PM PST Mon Dec 27 2021
NVC007-011-015-272030-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SQ.W.0007.211227T2004Z-211227T2030Z/
Lander NV-Elko NV-Eureka NV-
1204 PM PST Mon Dec 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Northeastern Lander County in north central Nevada...
South central Elko County in northeastern Nevada...
Northwestern Eureka County in north central Nevada...
* Until 1230 PM PST.
* At 1203 PM PST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Deeth to near South Fork to 8
miles southwest of Palisade to 16 miles southwest of Crescent
Valley, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Whiteout conditions. Zero visibility in snow and blowing
snow. Wind gusts greater than 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Areas include I-80 from Dunphy to west of Wells, NV-227 from Elko
to Spring Creek, NV-278 from Carlin to Pine Valley.
Locations impacted include...
Lamoille, South Fork, Ruby Valley, Pine Valley, Spring Creek, Mount
Tenabo, Emigrant Mine and Secret Pass.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Consider avoiding or delaying travel until the snow squall passes
your location. If you must travel, use extra caution and allow extra
time. Rapid changes in visibility and slick road conditions may lead
to accidents.
Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 4082 11510 4055 11561 4031 11611 4009 11666
4029 11686 4050 11633 4076 11578 4102 11527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 325DEG 24KT 4097 11533 4074 11575 4050 11629
4030 11683
$$
91The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 11:37 AM PST | Snow Squall Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander | 23 min |
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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.