Alert archive / Nevada / Lincoln County
Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Nevada, 2018
85 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lincoln County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- July29 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 20, 20187 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Lincoln County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 6 | 17% | 51 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 7 | 71% | 52 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 73 | 15 | 79% | 151 | 66% | 24 min |
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: flash flood warnings | 159 | 59 | 63% | 195 | 63% | 75 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 6, 2:48 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 50 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 44 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:37 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 55 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 67 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:30 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | 61 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 46 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 65 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 65 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:33 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 44 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:57 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 26 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:02 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 39 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:20 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 72 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:22 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 26 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 49 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 55 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:51 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:22 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 48 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:12 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 33 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:49 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | 59 hr |
| May 30, 1:57 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 33 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:54 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 60 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:24 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 39 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:38 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 31 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 30 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:07 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 19 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:47 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:20 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 31 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:32 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 16 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:51 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 4 days |
| Jun 20, 1:59 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | VEF | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 2:29 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 55 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:40 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:14 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 32 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 38 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:22 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 66 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:51 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:37 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:51 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 21 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 105 min |
| Jul 12, 2:22 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 110 min |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 72 min |
| Jul 12, 4:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:03 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:59 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:17 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:20 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:56 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:46 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 23 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 5:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | 80 min |
| Jul 20, 3:05 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | VEF | 9 days |
| Jul 21, 12:36 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:19 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 36 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:23 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 5 days |
| Aug 10, 4:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 3:37 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:17 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 10 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:47 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 4 days |
| Sep 14, 3:39 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 41 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:35 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 30 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:18 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 53 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:20 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 4 days |
| Oct 3, 12:23 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:26 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 7:22 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 5 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:41 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | VEF | 10 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:10 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | VEF | 56 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 62 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:51 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:59 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:35 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | 29 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 | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 16 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 3 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 16 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.