Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 4:43 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2001, 4:43 PM PDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 5:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Elko County, NV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM PDT | Hail 1 | Mountain City, NV | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 66 mph at the Antelope Lake Raws then dropped 1 inch diameter hail in Mountain City. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KLKN 052344 SVREKO NVC007-060030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 443 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...OWYHEE * UNTIL 530 PM PDT * AT 431 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN CITY...8 MILES SOUTH OF OWYHEE AT 515 PM PDT LARGE HAIL OF 1 INCH DIAMETER OR MORE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEARIEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 4170 11641 4158 11623 4190 11570 4198 11614
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 Jul 5, 1:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:50 PM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 150 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2001 SYNOPSIS...A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL KEEP A RISK OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SHORT TERM...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES WHILE THE EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH SPLITS AND REMAINS OFFSHORE BY 48 HOURS. MODELS HAD BEEN TRENDING THIS WAY AND THUS SUPPORTING A CONTINUATION OF DEEP AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA. 12Z SOUNDINGS WERE QUITE WET WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVER AN INCH. MODIFIED FOR AFTERNOON HEATING AND LOCALIZED CONVERGENCE SUGGESTS CAPE IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. MID LEVEL DRYING WAS ALSO OCCURRING FROM THE SOUTHEAST WHICH SUGGESTS FURTHER DESTABILIZATION. SOME STORMS THIS EVENING WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOW IS STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH STORMS ALONG SO FLASH FLOOD WILL BE LOCALIZED. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MORE OF THE SAME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM JET DYNAMICS AND ECHO TRAINING COULD PRODUCE MORE OF A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. UPPER JET MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS PROGGED TO BECOME REALIGNED OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH NORTHERN NEVADA IN FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION. ALSO...THE AVN SHOWS ENERGY GETTING CAUGHT UP IN FLOW AND SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH POPS AND NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. THE NGM PLACES BEST CONVECTIVE BANDS OVER EAST CENTRAL WHILE THE AVN/ETA ARE FURTHER NORTH. WILL MENTION A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE THIS EVENING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY. LONG TERM...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE AGAIN BACKED OFF ANY DRYING TRENDS WITH SPLIT EASTERN PACIFIC FLOW AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH. A GENERALLY GOOD CONSENSUS AND TRENDS THE PAST FEW DAYS SUGGEST CONTINUING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HOHMANN .EKO...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 1:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 3:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 3:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.