Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2002, 4:51 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2002, 4:51 PM PDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2002, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lander County, NV
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
621 WUUS55 KLKN 142351 SVRLKN NVC015-150015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 448 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANDER COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 515 PM PDT * AT 445 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY NEAR NEVADA STATE ROAD 305...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW PASS SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY AT 500 PM PDT LARGE HAIL 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...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. LAT...LON 3977 11737 3964 11720 3976 11694 3994 11730
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 14, 1:45 PM PDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:45 PM PDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 145 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2002 WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT... STARTING TO GET STORMS FIRING ACROSS THE AREA. SPC MAY ISSUE A WATCH FOR NEVADA SHORTLY. A NUMBER OF THE STORMS YESTERDAY PRODUCED VERY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WINDS AND HAIL IN THE WEST. MORNING SOUNDINGS WET AND UNSTABLE... STORMS SHOULD BE AS STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AS YESTERDAY. HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT WESTERN ZONES ON TUESDAY AS MODELS INDICATE MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED EAST. PLAN ON LEAVING A LOW POP IN THE EAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED. CONTINUE TO GET NEW FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING... WILL LEAVE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT. OVERALL THE UPPER RIDGE IS SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST ALLOWING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO FLOW INTO NEVADA WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE WEEK BUT STAYING ABOVE NORMAL. .EKO...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 451...452...454...455 AND 457 FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 PM. 95
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.