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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

June 18, 2000Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2000, 12:58 PM PDT for Eureka County, White Pine 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, 12:58 PM PDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2000, 1:45 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, White Pine County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2000-06-18Temperature 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2000-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

559 
WUUS55 KLKN 181959
SVREKO
NVC011-033-182045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1258 PM PDT SUN JUN 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 145 PM PDT

* AT 1249 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY TO    
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY AT 110 PM PDT
RURAL EASTERN EUREKA COUNTY AT 120 PM PDT
RURAL NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY AT 130 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 4012 11613 3949 11656 3944 11619 4010 11567

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 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:00 AM PDT, 3 hours 58 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.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 12:28 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, Lander47 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine45 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.