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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

May 31, 1995Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 4:22 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 4:22 PM PDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Ely/Yelland Fld, NV (KELY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Ely/Yelland Fld, NV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31Temperature 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, Ely/Yelland Fld, NV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRNO 312324
SVRRNO
NVC011-015-007-010030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
422 PM PDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM PDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA
 
   ...NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEVADA
 
   ...WESTERN ELKO COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM A WEATHER SPOTTER AT THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN AIRPORT REPORTED A
WIND GUST TO 84 MPH. THE WIND CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HANGER DOOR AND
ROOF AT THE AIRPORT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE THREATENED AREA..STAY ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A R:EINFORCED SHELTER.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PROCUDE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.
 
TRC/2320Z
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 2:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
NVZ006-312300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
235 PM PDT WED MAY 31 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA...

AT 235 PM BATTLE MOUNTAIN RADAR WAS SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM WITH
HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF OWYHEE. LITTLE MOVEMENT
HAD BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM IN THE PAST HALF HOUR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
NORTHAST NEVADA. HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM
RAINS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR
APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

CLARK

Nearby

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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.