Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2000, 12:28 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2000, 12:28 PM PDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2000, 1:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666 WUUS55 KLKN 181931 SVREKO NVC011-015-182015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1228 PM PDT SUN JUN 18 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA SOUTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 115 PM PDT * AT 1219 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY AT 1240 PM PDT RURAL SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY AT 1250 PM PDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ELKO. LAT...LON 3953 11683 3940 11680 3946 11649 3959 11654
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.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 9:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 AM PDT SUN JUN 18 2000 SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...PROVIDING DRY WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. SHORT TERM...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE. THE MESO ETA SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THE SITUATION WELL WITH HIGH OMEGA VALUES OVER NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA WHERE INSTABILITY IS GREATEST. THE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...WILL UPDATE TO ADD BREEZY CONDITIONS TO MOST OF OUR EASTERN ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES MONDAY WILL BE 3 TO 5 DEGREES COOLER IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THERE STILL COULD BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF OUR AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH .EKO...NONE. N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 12:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 1:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 45 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.