Alert archive / Nevada / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2011, 3:21 PM PDT. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 4, 2011, 3:21 PM PDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2011, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS85 KLKN 042221
SPSLKN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
321 PM PDT THU AUG 4 2011
NVZ031-042300-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
321 PM PDT THU AUG 4 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM PDT...
AT 318 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES EAST OF CONTACT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4199 11402 4181 11403 4158 11425 4168 11453
4201 11438 4200 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 203DEG 22KT 4173 11437
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 33 min | |
| Aug 3, 11:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 26 min | |
| Aug 4, 3:41 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Aug 4, 4:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Aug 4, 5:23 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:29 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min | |
| Aug 4, 12:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 min | |
| Aug 4, 12:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min | |
| Aug 4, 1:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 1:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 23 min | |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Aug 4, 3:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 45 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.