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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV

June 21, 2002Humboldt County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2002, 3:04 PM PDT for Humboldt County, Nevada. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 21, 2002, 3:04 PM PDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2002, 3:45 PM PDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Humboldt County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2002-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2002-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 212204
SVRLKN
NVC013-212245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
300 PM PDT FRI JUN 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM PDT

* AT 300 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEAR THE NORTH
  END OF PARADISE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PARADISE VALLEY NEAR HIGHWAY 95 AND THE SANTA ROSA RANGE THROUGH
  340 PM

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

LAT...LON 4143 11801 4137 11745 4166 11724 4183 11766

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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.