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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

June 8, 1998Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1998, 11:32 AM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1998, 11:32 AM PDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1998, 12:35 PM PDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Whole counties

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 1998-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 1998-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

055 
WFUS1 KEKO 081835 RRA
TOREKO
NVC007-081935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1132 AM PDT MON JUN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA

* UNTIL 1235 PM PDT

* AT 1131 AM PDT... SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF WELLS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS IN
THE CLOVER VALLEY

IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

ASG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:25 AM PDTTornado WarningLKNElko30 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.