Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2003, 7:18 AM PDT for Elko County, Humboldt County, Nevada. It was in force for 27 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
- May 30, 2003, 7:18 AM PDT (14:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2003, 7:45 AM PDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Elko County, NV, Humboldt 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 nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899 WUUS55 KLKN 301418 SVRLKN NVC007-013-301445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 713 AM PDT FRI MAY 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY IN NEVADA NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 745 AM PDT * AT 710 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCDERMIIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE NEVADA-IDAHO BORDER IN RURAL NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY BY 740 AM PDT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 4175 11734 4162 11717 4199 11657 4199 11736 EYSSAUTIER
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 May 30, 3:00 AM PDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:00 AM PDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 AM PDT FRI MAY 30 2003 STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE AT THIS HOUR OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND THE DISORGAINZED BAND IS MOVING SLOWLY EWD. THIS AHEAD OF OPENING UPPER LOW IN NRN CA. STRONG VORT SEEN ON WV IMAGERY ON SE SIDE OF LOW WITH JET SUPPORT APPARENT. ONE STORM RATHER STRONG FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD NOW MOVING INTO SE ORE. MODELS HAVE INITIALIZED THIS FEATURE WELL...AND AGREE ON TRACK...BUT BELIEVE THEY ARE A LITTLE TOO QUICK TO SCOUR THE MOISTURE OUT. THIS IS A TYPICAL BIAS...ESP FOR NORTHEAST ZONES. FOR NOW...WILL CONTINUE WITH SCT ACTIVITY IN HUMBOLDT CTY TO COVER CURRENT ACTIVITY AND SHOULD QUIET DOWN THERE AROUND NOON. BAND SHOWLD MOVE EWD. ACTIVITY SHOULD GET STRONGER WITH HEATING. ADDED FORCING MAY RESULT FROM DIFFERENTIAL HEATING EAST OF CURRENT BAND SO THERE MAY BE AN EWD JUMP TO THE LINE. WILL GO WITH SCT COVERAGE I- 80 NORTH AND JUST ISO DOWN SOUTH AWAY FROM BEST FORCING. SEVERE POTENTIAL IS THERE IN LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH. EARLIER THINKING WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE TOO FAR NORTH... BUT STORMS ARE GETTING STRONGER PER 88D IMAGERY ATTM. GOOD SHEAR... BUT WITH RELATIVELY DRY LLVLS EXPECT MAINLY MICROBURST POTENTIAL ESP WITH STORM MOTION OF 35-40 KTS. AFTER TODAY...NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AS FLOW VEERS TO THE WEST AND SHOULD DRY ALL AREAS OUT BY MIDNIGHT. ONLY TOKEN POPS IN THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AS DRYING SHOULD WORK IN QUICKLY. GENERAL WEST FLOW UNDER FLAT RIDGE THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPS ABOUT 10-15 DEGS COOLER THAN PAST COUPLE DAYS BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL. EXTENDED...RIDGE TO AMPLIFY A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND JUST OFF THE COAST. MAY HAVE SOME MORE NW FLOW FOR COOLER TEMPS...BUT NOT SURE. RIDGE MAY BREAK DOWN ENOUGH FOR BAJA UPPER LOW TO PUSH MOISTURE NORTH BUT DONT EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT WEEKEND. .EKO...FLOOD WARNING FOR LAMOILLE CREEK NEAR LAMOILLE-NVC007. WALLMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:54 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 21 min |
| May 30, 6:15 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:47 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 28 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.