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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV

August 2, 2003Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2003, 3:56 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 2, 2003, 3:56 PM PDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elko County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2003-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2003-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

630 
WUUS55 KLKN 022256
SVRLKN
NVC007-022330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
353 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JARBIDGE

* UNTIL 430 PM PDT

* AT 348 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 21 MILES WEST OF JARBIDGE TO 18   
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JARBIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JARBIDGE AT 415 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. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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

LAT...LON 4200 11584 4176 11575 4175 11522 4201 11518

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:46 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNElko, Eureka89 min
Aug 2, 2:46 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNElko, Eureka29 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.