Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2003, 3:54 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 19, 2003, 3:54 PM PDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2003, 4:50 PM PDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292 WUUS55 KLKN 192254 SVRLKN NVC011-015-192350- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 353 PM PDT THU JUN 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NEVADA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRESCENT VALLEY EAST CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY IN NEVADA * UNTIL 450 PM PDT * AT 347 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 36 MILES SOUTH OF CRESCENT VALLEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF GRASS VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESCENT VALLEY AT 445 PM PDT STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 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. LAT...LON 3989 11695 3980 11670 4044 11630 4054 11670 $$ JHW
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 Jun 19, 3:00 PM PDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:00 PM PDT, 54 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 PM PDT THU JUN 19 2003 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER AND EVEN COOLER CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SHORT TERM...W/V IMAFERY SHOWS NEG TILT TROUGH AXIS NOW THROUGH WRN NV. SFC/THERMAL TROUGH HAS SHIFTED EAST AND IS CURRENTLY FROM NR TONOPAH NEWD TO JACKPOT. BEST INSTABILITY ACROSS NE NV W/ CONV ALONG SFC TROUGH AND MODERATE CAPE PRESENT. STILL NOT MUCH MOISTURE AVAILABLE W/ PWS NR 1/2 AND DEWPTS IN THE 20S AND 30S...SO WILL GO W/ SCT TS/ISOLD SHRA NE ZONES THIS EVE AND JUST ISOLD WORDING ELSEWHERE. NRN STREAM S/WV...CURRENTLY APPROACHING OREGON COAST... BRUSHES NV/ID BORDER OVERNIGHT AND KICKS ENTIRE TROUGH EWD FRI. THIS COMBINED W/ 90KT UPR JET NOSING INTO WRN NV BY 12Z FRI SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP SOME CONVECTION GOING AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE FAR NORTH AND WILL KEEP ISOLD POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG ID BORDER. ON FRI...SFC/THERMAL TROUGH AXIS AND INSTABILITY SHIFT TO ERN 1/3 OF THE STATE AS 5H TROUGH MOVES TO NV/UT BORDER BY 00Z SAT. WILL CONTINUE WITH ISOLD THUNNDER THIS PERIOD AND DRY OUT WRN ZONES AS SFC HIGH AND DRY NWLY FLOW BUILDS IN. STILL SOME CONCERN OVER STRENGTH OF CONVECTION FRI IN FAR NE CWA WITH LFQ OF 100KT UPR JET IN THIS REGION...BUT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIMITED WOTH PWS BLO 1/2. H7 WINDS INCR TO 20KTS BEHIND THE S/WV WITH DECENT NW SFC GRADIENT FOR BREEZY WORDING ALL ZONES FRI AND H7 TEMPS FALL 2-4C FOR TEMPS COOLING BACK TO NEAR AVG. SAT AND SUN...DRY WEST TO NW FLOW AS MEAN TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE WRN US. A FEW WEAK S/WVS PASS BY TO THE NORTH TO BRING OCNL CLOUDS. OTHERWISE TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BLO AVG W/ 5H HTS IN THE LOWER 570S. .EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT TO BRING AN UNSEASONABLY COLD UPR LOW DOWN THE WEST COAST MONDAY AND ACROSS THE GRT BASIN TUE...EXITING LATE WED. SYSTEM APPEARS VERY STRONG WITH 553DM CLOSED 5H CORE 100KT UPR JET AND 7H TEMPS BLO ZERO AS IT CROSSES NRN NV TUES. WILL WAIT FOR ANOTHER MODEL RUN BEFORE JUMING ON THIS COMPLETELY AND FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH WINDY CONDITIONS MONDAY AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...COOLER TEMPS AND CHC POPS NORTH TO SCHC SOUTH TUES AND SCHC POPS ALL ZONES WED AS SYTEM EXITS WITH COOL CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINING OVER NRN NV. DRY AND WARMER THURS AS HTS RISE BEHIND THE UPR LOW AS ERN PAC RIDGING BUILDS BACK ONSHORE. HOENISCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:00 AM PDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
NVZ030>037-201400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 500 AM PDT THU JUN 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF I-80. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 44 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.