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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2003, 3:37 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 53 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
- Sep 1, 2003, 3:37 PM PDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County White Pine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 012237 SVRLKN NVC033-012330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 333 PM PDT MON SEP 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 430 PM PDT * AT 333 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY...ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 20 MILES NORTH OF MCGILL BY 415 PM PDT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SCHELLBOURNE BY 420 PM PDT HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...INTENSE RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 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 MONDAY EVENING FOR NEVADA. LAT...LON 3954 11532 3937 11525 3953 11436 3979 11447
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 Sep 1, 2:48 PM PDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:48 PM PDT, 49 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 248 PM PDT MON SEP 1 2003 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT... BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHEAST NEVADA THIS EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE DRY WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... BEFORE MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY YIELDING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE DRY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. .SHORT TERM...AN UPPER LOW MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH- CENTRAL NV THIS AFTERNOON...THE ASSOCIATED H3 JET MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL NV AND PW VALUES RANGING FROM NEAR 0.60 TO 1.00 INCHES WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS NECESSARY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. STEEPER LAPSE RATES UNDER THE UPPER LOW AND LF QUAD FORCING FROM THE H3 JET WILL LIKELY CREATE THE MOST FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHERN LANDER...SOUTHERN EUREKA...WHITE PINE AND SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTIES. SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF THE CWA..EXCEPT WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM PDT WITH SOME OF THESE FACTORS IN MIND. META SHOWS LIFTED INDICES REMAINING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS WHITE PINE AND EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES...WHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THE ENTIRE TONIGHT PERIOD. UPPER HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 F ABOVE NORMAL. GFS AND META SHOWING SOME LINGERING H7/H5 MOISTURE AND LIFTED INDICES NEAR ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WHITE PINE AND EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES WORDING FOR AFT/EVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...RIDGE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN CIRCULATES MOISTURE INTO WESTERN NV WEDNESDAY AND THEN EASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. GFS SHOWS PWS RISING TO BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.15 INCHES BY THURSDAY. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR WESTERN CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS ALL OF CWA THURSDAY. LIMITED DYNAMICS WITH THIS SURGE OF MOISTURE...BUT DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SET OFF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY. GFS SHOWING A WEAK TROUGH APPROACHING THE CENTRAL CA COAST FRIDAY WITH THE CWA UNDER A SLIGHTLY DIFFLUENT REGION TO THE EAST OF THE TROUGH AXIS. WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR NOW FRIDAY...THOUGH WITH SOME DYNAMICS AHEAD OF THE CA TROUGH... CONVECTION COULD BE GREATER IN COVERAGE. GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLES SHOWING THE TROUGH IN THE GULF OF AK PRESSING SOUTHWARD INTO THE PAC NW BY SUNDAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN MONDAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK DRY WITH A WEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. TROUGH AXIS MOVES INTO WESTERN NV MONDAY WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT PROGGED TO CROSS EASTERN NV BY MONDAY EVENING. ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES WELL DOWNWARD MONDAY WITH HIGHS 8 TO 14 F BELOW NORMAL AND INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL WATCH MODELS FOR CONTINUITY WITH THIS SYSTEM. .EKO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM PDT NVZ030>37. SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:53 AM PDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
NVZ030>037-021300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 553 AM PDT MON SEP 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. COLLINS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:35 PM PDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NVZ030>037-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 135 PM PDT MON SEP 1 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 915 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA UNTIL 7 PM PDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ELKO...LANDER...EUREKA...WHITE PINE...AND EASTERN HUMBOLDT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL 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. ALLEN
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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.