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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 3:44 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 3, 2009, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2009, 4:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KLKN 032244 SVRLKN NVC007-032315- /O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0021.090703T2244Z-090703T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 344 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHARLESTON... * UNTIL 415 PM PDT * AT 342 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILDHORSE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4178 11540 4159 11539 4162 11584 4173 11586 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 266DEG 20KT 4165 11576 $$ JM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KLKN 032259 SVSLKN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 359 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009 NVC007-032315- /O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090703T2315Z/ ELKO NV- 359 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... AT 358 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4174 11571 4178 11540 4159 11539 4161 11566 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 266DEG 20KT 4166 11565 $$ JM
000 WWUS55 KLKN 032310 SVSLKN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 410 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009 NVC007-032319- /O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090703T2315Z/ ELKO NV- 410 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM PDT... THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4174 11571 4178 11540 4159 11539 4161 11566 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 266DEG 20KT 4166 11558 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 22 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 min | |
| Jul 2, 6:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 26 min | |
| Jul 3, 11:58 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 32 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 12:28 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 12:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Humboldt | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 1:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 1:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 28 min | |
| Jul 3, 1:41 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | White Pine | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 2:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | White Pine | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 3:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 3, 3:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 3:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 24 min | |
| Jul 3, 4:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Nye, White Pine | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 4:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.