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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 3:09 PM PDT for White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 36 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 16, 2012, 3:09 PM PDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 3:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 244 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 16, 2:56 PM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:56 PM PDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 256 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LOW OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS...MOSTLY DRY...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG CONVECTION OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN DUE TO UPPER LOW OFF PAC NORTHWEST COAST AND VESTIGES OF MONSOON FLOW. DRYLINE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S AND 50S TO EAST AND 20S AND 30S TO WEST. WET STORMS ARE THE RULE BUT DRY ENOUGH IN THE LOW LAYERS FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUND OF SWA'S. GUST AROUND 50 MPH ARE COMMON. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AS A WEAK JET STREAK DRIFTS OFF TO EAST AND THEN THE UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTH. UPPER FLOW WILL TURN SOUTHWEST AND THEN DRY OUT AND PUSH THE MONSOON REGIME TO THE EAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AND DRYER THOSE DAYS. A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF NYE AND LANDER COUNTIES AND INTO THE OWYHEE DESERT THIS EVENING BEFORE DYING OUT. .LONG TERM...A FEW CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE AS A LITTLE MOISTURE WILL INVADE CENTRAL NEVADA AGAIN BY THURSDAY. EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL NEVADA CONVERGENCE ZONE THURSDAY AND THEN EXPANDING INTO MOST OF CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND NORTHERN NEVADA BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...MORE STABILITY AND LESS MOISTURE ON SATURDAY SO THAT ANYTHING OCCURRING WILL BE MOSTLY SHOWERS AND NOT THUNDERSTORMS. SAME WITH SUNDAY THOUGH EVEN LESS COVERAGE THAT DAY AND MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. NORMAL TEMPS OF MID WEEK WILL CLIMB A FEW DEGREES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VFR CIGS AND VISIBILITY AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH TOMORROW. WILL SEE SOME VCTS AT KWMC...KEKO...AND KELY THROUGH ABOUT 03Z TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF. KTPH SHOULD REMAIN CLEAR. EXPECT GUSTY VARIABLE WINDS TO ABOUT 40KT WITH THUNDERSTORMS. DRYING AND WARMING TUESDAY FOR MOSTLY SKC AT ALL SITES. && .FIRE WEATHER...A FEW DRY STORMS POSSIBLE ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF 457 AND 454...AND OVER THE 467/468 BORDER AREAS THIS EVENING. STORMS EAST OF THIS AREA WILL BE WET...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS. ALL STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN DIE DOWN OVER NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY AND WARM. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH SOME DRY LIGHTING. SHOWERS AND FEW STORMS RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...DIMINISHING TO A FEW SHOWERS OVER 455 SUNDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 98/98/98/98
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 2:37 PM PDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 237 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVZ030-031-033>041-172145- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 237 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER MAINLY CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND NORTHERN NEVADA. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL BE DRIER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:21 PM PDT, 48 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 NVZ035-162230- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 300 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM PDT... AT 254 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... && LAT...LON 3931 11530 3920 11486 3879 11517 3887 11534 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 198DEG 19KT 3893 11520 ROOD
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:03 PM PDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 16, 11:12 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 11:23 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Jul 16, 1:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 1:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 31 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 24 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 71 min |
| Jul 16, 3:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 27 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 31 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 6 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.