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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV

May 27, 1987Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1987, 6:13 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1987, 6:13 PM PDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1987, 7:15 PM PDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Winnemucca Muni, NV (KWMC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Winnemucca Muni, NV at 00:00Z on 1987-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Winnemucca Muni, NV at 00:00Z on 1987-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.