Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Elko, NV

May 26, 2001Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 3:44 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2001, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2001, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
46 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 22:45 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 4:10 PM PDTThunderstorm Wind 60 MSpring Creek, NV

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, 10.7 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 2001-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2001-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KLKN 262246
SVREKO

NVC007-262330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
344 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 430 PM PDT

* AT 342 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY
  TO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...OR FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF
  MIDAS TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDAS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL...UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...MODERATE RAIN...STRONG DAMAGING 
WINDS IN EXCESS 70 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4160 11699 4118\ 11668 4139 11631 4178 11644

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 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:50 PM PDT, 1 hour 54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:13 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko32 min
May 26, 12:44 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko31 min
May 26, 1:40 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko35 min
May 26, 2:48 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNHumboldt42 min
May 26, 2:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko50 min
May 26, 3:49 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNHumboldt26 min
May 26, 4:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.