Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Elko, NV

Issued

Aug 2, 2003, 9:15 PM PDT (04:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2003, 9:45 PM PDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Elko, NV

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV

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.

746 
WUUS55 KLKN 030415
SVRLKN
NVC007-033-030445-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA
  NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY IN NEVADA

* UNTIL 945 PM PDT

* AT 906 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...OR ABOUT
  19 MILES SOUTH OF RUBY LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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

LAT...LON 3995 11571 3982 11554 4007 11518 4022 11538

$$
CLAYCOMB

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 8:18 PM PDT, 57 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
818 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003

DRYING FROM THE SOUTH INDICATED ON WATER VAPOR HELPING TO PUT A
DAMPER ON TODAYS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON
RADAR DYING OUT SIGNIFICANTLY ON RADAR AS CELLS LOSE SURFACE HEATING.
DRY SLOT WILL ONLY BE TEMPORARY THIS EVENING THOUGH AS VORT LOCATED
OVER WESTERN NEVADA PUSHES THROUGH FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. STILL A LOT OF DYNAMICS IN PLACE TO KICK OFF CONVECTION
AFTER MIDNIGHT. STILL ON THE LEFT FRONT QUAD OF JUST THAT SLOWLY
MAKES ITS WAY INTO UTAH AFTER 18Z TOMORROW. THEN WE START SEEING
SOME DRYING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO...EVEN THOUGH THINGS SEEM TO BE
DYING DOWN NOW...HAD TO KEEP SOME THUNDERSTORM WORDING IN ALL ZONES
THROUGH THE FIRST PERIOD. LOWERED POPS IN MOST ZONES AND WILL SEND
UPDATE SHORTLY.

.EKO...NONE.

CLAYCOMB

NVZ030>037-031200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
545 AM PDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
NEVADA

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FEHRN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.