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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Elko, NV

June 19, 2003Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2003-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 12:00Z on 2003-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:14 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka, Lander61 min
Jun 19, 4:16 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko44 min

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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.