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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

June 10, 2013

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2013, 5:12 PM PDT. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 10, 2013, 5:12 PM PDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2013, 6:00 PM PDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2013-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2013-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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.

734 
WWUS85 KLKN 110012
SPSLKN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
512 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

NVZ030-110100-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV-
512 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM PDT...

AT 510 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEONARD CREEK RANCH...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   SUMMIT LAKE AND BLACK ROCK DESERT...

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 4162 11925 4158 11844 4125 11889 4127 11921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 172DEG 15KT 4133 11903

$$

PJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN45 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNHumboldt3 hr
Jun 11, 2:08 PM PDTRed Flag WarningLKN55 hr
Jun 11, 2:09 PM PDTWind AdvisoryLKNNye, White Pine31 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.