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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV

June 28, 2004Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2004, 3:28 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 47 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 28, 2004, 3:28 PM PDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2004, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

368 
WUUS55 KLKN 282228 CCA
SVRLKN
NVC007-282315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
326 PM PDT MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEVADA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPRING CREEK...LEE...LAMOILLE...ELKO

* UNTIL 415 PM PDT

* AT 324 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEE... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER SPRING CREEK AT 340 PM PDT...OVER ELKO AT 350 PM PDT.

A OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE HAS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OVER 50 
MPH ALREADY WITH DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED AT A GAS STATION.

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM...BUT THERE WILL
BE LITTLE RAIN. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 4039 11566 4040 11542 4092 11536 4092 11584

$$

FEHRN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.