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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 23, 2012Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 3:35 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2012, 3:35 PM PDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 4:15 PM PDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 23, 3:30 PM PDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:30 PM PDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 6:05 AM PDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
605 AM PDT MON JUL 23 2012

NVZ030-031-033>041-241315-
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-
605 AM PDT MON JUL 23 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA HAVE ALLOWED FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CURRENT
SHORT TERM MODELS ARE HINTING THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE...WITH
STORMS MOVING NORTH. STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKE SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA...WHITE PINE...AND NORTHERN
NYE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN HIT WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. WHILE NOT WIDESPREAD...THESE STORMS
HAVE MOVED OVER THE SAME AREA SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE RELEASED
ROBUST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. WITH STORMS ONCE AGAIN FORECAST
IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. NORMALLY DRY WASHES
COULD FILL WITH WATER AND RUN ACROSS ROADWAYS...WHICH IF DRIVEN
THROUGH...COULD STALL A CAR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE
AFTERNOONS WITH GRADUALLY DECREASING COVERAGE FROM WEST TO EAST
TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:57 PM PDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
157 PM PDT MON JUL 23 2012

NVZ031-033>036-038-039-232200-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...
SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL...
BATTLE MOUNTAIN...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...
RUBY VALLEY...PEQUOP SUMMIT
157 PM PDT MON JUL 23 2012

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND TRACKING
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. WITH ANY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREA MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY CROSS WINDS...REDUCED
VISIBILITY...AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REDUCE SPEED IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION IN THEIR AREA.

VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ELKO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION

JRM

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:07 PM PDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:12 PM PDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:56 PM PDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:04 PM PDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:35 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 5:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min
Jul 22, 5:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		43 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander, Nye	37 min
Jul 22, 6:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
Jul 22, 6:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		42 min
Jul 22, 6:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	40 min
Jul 22, 8:49 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka, Lander, Nye	4 hr
Jul 23, 12:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	29 min
Jul 23, 12:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	33 min
Jul 23, 12:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 23, 1:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 23, 1:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 23, 2:06 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	24 min
Jul 23, 2:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	23 min
Jul 23, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Nye	33 min
Jul 23, 2:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		34 min
Jul 23, 3:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 23, 3:45 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka, Lander, Nye	3 hr
Jul 23, 4:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		34 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.