Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2011, 1:58 PM PDT for White Pine 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
- Jul 26, 2011, 1:58 PM PDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 2:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822 WUUS55 KLKN 262058 SVRLKN NVC033-262145- /O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0013.110726T2058Z-110726T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 158 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHOSHONE...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...BAKER... * UNTIL 245 PM PDT * AT 154 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SHOSHONE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHOSHONE... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK... HIGHWAY 6/50 NEAR GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK... 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. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3926 11429 3898 11407 3880 11459 3900 11475 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 238DEG 13KT 3893 11455 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
190
WWUS55 KLKN 262118
SVSLKN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
218 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NVC033-262145-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110726T2145Z/
WHITE PINE NV-
218 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...
AT 212 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHOSHONE...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...
HIGHWAY 5/60 NEAR GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 11461 3918 11425 3899 11410 3886 11441
3882 11452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 238DEG 13KT 3897 11447
$$
TURNER582
WWUS55 KLKN 262141
SVSLKN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
241 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NVC033-262146-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110726T2145Z/
WHITE PINE NV-
241 PM PDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM PDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS DROPPED
TO BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THE STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL...WITH
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE TOWN OF BAKER AND ALSO GREAT BASIN
NATIONAL PARK THROUGH THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 11461 3918 11425 3899 11410 3886 11441
3882 11452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 238DEG 13KT 3901 11439
$$
86The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 49 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min | |
| Jul 26, 3:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | White Pine | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 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.