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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

May 31, 2002Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 6:43 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 32 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
May 31, 2002, 6:43 PM PDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2002, 7:15 PM PDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 738 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
738 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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.

604 
WUUS55 KLKN 010145
SVREKO
NVC007-011-010215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
640 PM PDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 715 PM PDT

* AT 635 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER CENTRAL
  ELKO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF ELKO...MOVING NORTH AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY AT 650 PM PDT
RURAL WESTERN ELKO COUNTY AT 710 PM PDT

HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE 
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.

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

LAT...LON 4082 11620 4088 11593 4130 11594 4126 11636

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka34 min
May 31, 6:45 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka30 min
Jun 1, 1:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka26 min
Jun 1, 1:07 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka23 min
Jun 1, 1:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka20 min

Nearby

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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.