Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2012, 11:59 AM PDT for Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 46 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 21, 2012, 11:59 AM PDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2012, 12:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eureka County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 3870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
454 WUUS55 KLKN 211859 SVRLKN NVC011-033-211945- /O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0013.120821T1859Z-120821T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1159 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEVADA... SOUTH CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINTO SUMMIT...EUREKA AIRPORT... EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... * UNTIL 1245 PM PDT * AT 1153 AM 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 22 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...OR 21 MILES EAST OF HICKISON SUMMIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EUREKA... EUREKA AIRPORT... PINTO SUMMIT... RURAL SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RURAL WESTERN 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 3974 11604 3943 11587 3929 11631 3944 11647 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 233DEG 15KT 3941 11632 $$ TURNER
3 follow-up statements
547 WWUS55 KLKN 211914 SVSLKN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1214 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVC011-033-211945- /O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120821T1945Z/ WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV- 1214 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES... AT 1210 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EUREKA COUNTY WEST OF EUREKA AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50 EUREKA... EUREKA AIRPORT... RURAL SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RURAL WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3974 11604 3943 11587 3929 11631 3944 11647 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 233DEG 15KT 3945 11626 $$ TURNER
136 WWUS55 KLKN 211931 SVSLKN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1231 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVC011-033-211945- /O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120821T1945Z/ WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV- 1231 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM PDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES... AT 1226 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA AIRPORT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EUREKA AIRPORT... EUREKA... PINTO SUMMIT... U.S. HIGHWAY 50 NEAR EUREKA... RURAL SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RURAL WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3968 11601 3943 11587 3929 11631 3944 11647 TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 233DEG 15KT 3950 11618 $$ TURNER
663 WWUS55 KLKN 211944 SVSLKN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1244 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVC011-033-211954- /O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120821T1945Z/ WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV- 1244 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM PDT... && LAT...LON 3968 11601 3943 11587 3929 11631 3944 11647 TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 233DEG 15KT 3953 11612 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:26 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | LKN | Elko, Nye, White Pine | 41 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:40 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 1:06 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 1:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 1:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander, Nye | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 1:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 1:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 49 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 2:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 41 min | |
| Aug 21, 3:36 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander, White Pine | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 4:38 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Nye, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:53 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander, Nye | 3 hr |
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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.