Alert archive / Nevada / Humboldt County
Weather alerts in Humboldt County, Nevada, 2013
74 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Humboldt County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- July20 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 4, 20139 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Humboldt County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 1 | 90% | 3 | 67% | 3 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 50% | 11 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Elko, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 49 | 3 | 94% | 24 | 17% | 7 min |
| NWS Elko, NV: flash flood warnings | 38 | 8 | 79% | 31 | 32% | 27 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:12 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | LKN | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:15 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 51 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:07 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 34 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:32 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | LKN | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:30 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | LKN | 15 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:18 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 42 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | LKN | 13 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:34 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | 25 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:34 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 49 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:38 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:32 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:26 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 42 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:47 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 50 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:09 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 42 hr |
| May 8, 4:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 32 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 31 hr |
| May 22, 2:58 AM PDT | Hard Freeze Warning | LKN | 27 hr |
| May 23, 2:16 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | LKN | 16 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 6:19 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 12:55 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 18 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LKN | 13 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LKN | 7 days |
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 95 min |
| Jul 2, 10:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 11:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 12:59 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 91 min |
| Jul 4, 1:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 2:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 2:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 2:55 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 3:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 4:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 4:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 5:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 6:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 7:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 9:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 86 min |
| Jul 18, 1:44 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | LKN | 4 days |
| Jul 26, 7:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 3:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 4:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 9:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 3:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 3:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 4:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 4:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 1:48 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 8:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 8:59 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 1:58 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:40 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 19 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:08 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 18 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:23 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 19 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:16 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | LKN | 21 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:34 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 50 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:02 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 53 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:57 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LKN | 28 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 57 hr |
| Dec 5, 2:49 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 48 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:56 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | 28 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:40 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LKN | 7 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.