Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2013, 2:09 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2013, 2:09 PM PDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 3:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:35 AM PDT, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:35 AM PDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:36 AM PDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 336 AM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 NVZ031-033-035-039-071045- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 336 AM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA AND NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ034-036>038-040-041-071045- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 336 AM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:59 PM PDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1259 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 NVZ033-062030- SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 1259 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM PDT... AT 1253 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTH OF WEST WENDOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... RURAL EASTERN ELKO COUNTY... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4087 11407 4047 11408 4037 11423 4048 11441 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 218DEG 29KT 4050 11424 PJS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:37 PM PDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
137 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013
NVZ033-035-039-062200-
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE
COUNTY NV-
137 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE PINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM PDT...
AT 136 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 19 MILES EAST OF SCHELLBOURNE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
EXPECT STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO IMPACT THE NORTH CREEK FIRE THROUGH
300 PM PDT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH FROM ERRATIC DIRECTIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 93...
HIGHWAY 93 ALTERNATE...
TIPPETS ROAD...
&&
LAT...LON 3951 11406 3994 11480 4052 11405 4049 11403
3961 11403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 208DEG 14KT 3983 11431
BBSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 1:59 PM PDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 159 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 NVZ031-033-039-062145- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 159 PM PDT SAT JUL 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 154 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST WENDOVER...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 FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST WENDOVER... PILOT VALLEY... INTERSTATE 80... SILVER ZONE PASS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4056 11406 4094 11460 4130 11403 4056 11404 TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 230DEG 22KT 4085 11431 BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 31 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 83 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min | |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 38 min | |
| Jul 6, 3:39 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.