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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV

July 14, 2002Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2002, 6:02 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 43 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, 6:02 PM PDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2002, 6:45 PM PDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

428 
WUUS55 KLKN 150102
SVRLKN
NVC015-150145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
602 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 645 PM PDT

* AT 558 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 31
  MILES NORTH OF NEW PASS SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

VERY 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...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.

LAT...LON 3995 11742 3983 11726 3997 11701 4018 11741

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 5:19 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2002 Every 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.