Alert archive / Nevada / Humboldt County
Weather alerts in Humboldt County, Nevada, 2020
78 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- August24 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20205 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, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 5 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Elko, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 15 | 0% | |
| NWS Elko, NV: flash flood warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% |
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 11, 2:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | LKN | 16 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:42 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | LKN | 55 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:42 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 55 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:05 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 54 hr |
| May 10, 2:42 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 30 hr |
| May 28, 2:26 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 54 hr |
| May 28, 2:52 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 53 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:37 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 19 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 9:09 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | LKN | 24 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 24 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:37 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 35 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 23 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:18 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:25 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 18 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 4:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 8:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 10:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 28 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:23 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:23 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 55 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 4:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 5:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 5:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 1:31 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 18 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:31 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 30 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:02 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 22 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:02 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 31 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:49 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 33 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 25, 11:52 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 27 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 31 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:11 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | LKN | 29 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 21 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:16 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 26 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 32 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 31 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 5:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 2:08 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LKN | 12 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:03 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | LKN | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LKN | 3 days |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | LKN | 3 days |
| Aug 17, 2:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 20 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 7:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 9:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 9:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 10:26 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 37 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 8:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 1:37 PM PDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | LKN | 19 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:13 AM PDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | LKN | 47 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:49 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 39 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 12:32 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 73 min |
| Aug 30, 11:27 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 33 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:08 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | LKN | 31 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:08 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 35 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:05 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 40 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:39 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | LKN | 38 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:34 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | LKN | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:11 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 14 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:00 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 19 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:26 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | LKN | 30 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:28 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 45 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:15 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 29 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | LKN | 25 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:54 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | LKN | 29 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 55 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:44 PM PST | Wind Advisory | LKN | 58 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:50 AM PST | Wind Advisory | LKN | 28 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:20 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 57 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:07 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | 44 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 19 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 12 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Smoke 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.