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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2003, 4:03 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 57 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 16, 2003, 4:03 PM PDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2003, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KLKN 162303 SVRLKN NVC033-170000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 403 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHOSHONE...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BAKER * UNTIL 500 PM PDT * AT 359 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 2 MILES WEST OF GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK AT 420 PM PDT 7 MILES WEST OF BAKER AT 425 PM PDT 8 MILES EAST OF SHOSHONE AT 435 PM PDT 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3871 11457 3871 11410 3951 11406 3948 11454 $$ FEHRN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 16, 1:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 PM PDT SAT AUG 16 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A MINOR RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE SILVER STATE. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... BEFORE THE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH A MINOR RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING. .SHORT TERM...LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS TWO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE...ONE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS...WITH ANOTHER LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS EASTERN WA. MOISTURE ASSOC WITH THE FOUR CORNERS LOW IS EXITING THE FA...WITH VIS SAT/RADAR SHOWING INITIAL POP UPS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN/EASTERN FA AHEAD OF THE MOISTURE BOUNDARY. TNGT...THE DRY AIR THAT HAS INFILTRATED THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS BY MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO EXIT THE REGION. WILL USE ISO POPS THIS EVENING FOR ZONES 32/33/34/35/37...WITH LOW END SCT FOR GBNP CLOSEST TO THE BEST MOISTURE/INSTABILITY. SUN/MON...RIDGING WILL DOMINATE THE WX PICTURE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA...WITH SOME MOISTURE/INSTABILITY CROSSING THE SIERRA CREST BY MON AFTN. MCLEAR/PCLDY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE WITH TEMPS FALLING TO NEAR CLIMO BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT. TUE...THE HIGH BEGINS TO FLATTEN SLIGHTLY...WITH MOISTURE TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK...ALONG WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING LESS STABLE...AS BOTH GFS/ETA SHOW LIS LOWERING TO NEAR ZERO ALONG THE FAVORED CONV ZONE ACROSS THE EAST/SOUTH FA. ETA REMAINS VERY DRY... WITH GFS MORE MOIST. ETA HAS SHOWN A DRY BIAS FOR MOST OF THE SUMMER...THUS WILL LEAN TOWARD THE MORE MOIST GFS SOLUTION. TAKING THIS INTO ACCOUNT...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME AFTN/EVE CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE THE SCHC POPS FOR ZONES 33/35/37...INCLUDING EASTERN ZONE 32 IN THE MIX AS WELL. .EXTENDED...ECMWF/GFS DIVERGE A BIT...WITH THE GFS NUDGING THE RIDGE EASTWARD AND AMPLIFYING IT...WITH MOISTURE POSSIBLY INCR ACROSS THE EASTERN FA ESPECIALLY. THE ECMWF IS MORE PROGRESSIVE... PUSHING THE HIGH WELL TO THE EAST...BRINGING A S/WV ACROSS THE NORTHERN FA LATE WEEK. WILL LEAN TOWARD PREVIOUS TRENDS THIS SUMMER...WITH THE SLOWER EJECTION OF THE HIGH. WILL KEEP SCHC POPS FOR THE EASTERN FA...WITH DRY FOR THE REMAINDER. WITH THE HIGH REBUILDING...TEMPS WILL WARM TO ABOVE CLIMO ONCE AGAIN. .EKO...NONE. ALLEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 9:00 AM PDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
NVZ030>037-171500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 AM PDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO UTAH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALLEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:58 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.