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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 2:55 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 50 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
- May 26, 2001, 2:55 PM PDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2001, 3:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 262155 SVREKO NVC007-262245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 255 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 345 PM PDT * AT 254 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCARORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL...UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...MODERATE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. REPORT SENVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 4155 11623 4143 11606 4161 11578 4176 11597
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 May 26, 1:50 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:50 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 150 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2001 SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE SILVER STATE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING CLOUDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA...AS WELL AS A SMALL THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AREAS. ON WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ONCE AGAIN BRINGING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER. SHORT TERM...MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING...LEAVING DESTABILIZED AIR IN ITS WAKE. THIS UNSTABLE AIR HAS TRIGGERED A NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A LINE THAT LOOKS SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS... THEN DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING. SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME CURRENTLY OVER OUR AREA WILL DRY THE AIRMASS EVEN FURTHER... LIMITING THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FOR SUNDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM SPLITS ON MONDAY...WITH THE NORTHERN BRANCH MOVING INTO IDAHO AND OREGON. THIS BRANCH WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON OUR AREA. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH IS WEAKER...BUT WILL PROVIDE SOME DYNAMICS THAT MAY BE ENOUGH TO SET OFF SOME STORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. LONG TERM...RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD IN AS THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM EXITS TUESDAY. GENERAL PATTERN BECOMES MORE PROGRESSIVE AFTER DAY 3 SO THAT BY THE END OF THE EXTENDED ANOTHER TROUGH IS APPROACHING THE WEST COAST. SINCE FLOW WILL STILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY...WILL NOT MENTION ANY PRECIPITATION ON SATURDAY...JUST COOLING TEMPERATURES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE WHITE PINE COUNTY WHERE IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER OR NOT THE INCOMING TROUGH WILL AFFECT THEM THAT SOON. PRS .EKO...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 31 min |
| May 26, 1:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 35 min |
| May 26, 2:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 42 min |
| May 26, 3:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 46 min |
| May 26, 3:49 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 26 min |
| May 26, 4:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 45 min |
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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.