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Snow Squall Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

March 4, 2023Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this snow squall warning at Mar 4, 2023, 7:41 PM PST for Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2023, 7:41 PM PST (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2023, 8:30 PM PST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Significant

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 331 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2023-03-05Temperature 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2023-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 4:34 PM PSTDust Storm AdvisoryLKNElko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander56 min
Mar 4, 7:25 PM PSTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko65 min
Mar 5, 12:42 PM PSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatLKNElko, Eureka48 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.