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Mesoscale Discussion 2229

August 22, 2003Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2003, 3:30 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2003, 3:30 PM PDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2003, 4:30 PM PDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2003-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2003-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 11:41 AM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChurchill, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Pershing and 2 more2 hr
Aug 22, 12:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChurchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing6 hr

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.