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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 5:51 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 39 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 22, 2003, 5:51 PM PDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2003, 6:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elko County, NV
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 12:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KLKN 230051 SVRLKN NVC007-230130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 545 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RYNDON...AND HALLECK * UNTIL 630 PM PDT * AT 540 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF RYNDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...RYNDON UNTIL 600 PM...AND BE NEAR HALLECK BY 615 PDT. * THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM PDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NEVADA. LAT...LON 4085 11575 4072 11558 4089 11530 4112 11561 $$ WHITWORTH
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 22, 2:20 PM PDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:20 PM PDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 220 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COMBINES WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TO GIVE US MOIST SOUTH FLOW OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN NEVADA...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNS TO NORTHEAST NEVADA SATURDAY WITH WARMER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY THROUGH MID WEEK. .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION REALLY BEGINNING TO KICK OFF. INTERACTION OF JET AROUND LOW CREATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF OUR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. AREA DRIES OUT SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT AND AREA RETURNS TO DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. .EXTENDED..MODELS HINT AT ANOTHER POSSIBLE MONSOON PUSH ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES THEN. .EKO...NVZ030>037 FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY. CLAYCOMB
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:00 AM PDT, 12 hours 51 minutes before
NVZ030>037-231400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 500 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST NEVADA TODAY. REFER TO AWIPS ID RNOFFALKN...OR WMO HEADER WGUS65 KLKN FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MOISTURE WILL DEPART NORTHEAST NEVADA SATURDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALLEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:15 PM PDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
NVZ030>034-036-037-222315-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
115 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 882 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
NEVADA UNTIL 7 PM PDT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR NORTHERN NEVADA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
HUMBOLDT...LANDER...EUREKA...ELKO AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH TO ONE INCH HAIL...AND
WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTH EAST NEVADA UNTIL 7 PM PDT.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO PASS ON REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...OR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.
EYSSAUTIERNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.