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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 3, 2013Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2013, 8:10 PM PDT for Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 35 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 3, 2013, 8:10 PM PDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2013, 8:45 PM PDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

County Eureka County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 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.

059 
WWUS85 KLKN 040310
SPSLKN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
810 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013

NVZ035-037-040345-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE
COUNTY NV-
810 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EUREKA AND EXTREME
WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM PDT...

AT 806 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
DIAMOND VALLEY TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN PASS TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN PASS TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF GRASS VALLEY...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   DIAMOND VALLEY...
   STATE ROUTE 278...FROM GARDEN PASS TO DIAMOND VALLEY...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 11579 3966 11604 3959 11641 3975 11656
      3981 11648 3984 11634 3988 11610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 308DEG 13KT 3981 11601 3973 11625
          3971 11639 3972 11650

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 5:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander, Nye	23 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	29 min
Jul 3, 5:49 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Lander	3 hr
Jul 3, 6:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		24 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	24 min
Jul 3, 6:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	24 min
Jul 3, 6:53 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 3, 7:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	24 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	25 min
Jul 3, 8:35 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka	25 min
Jul 3, 8:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	25 min
Jul 3, 9:35 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Eureka	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		53 min
Jul 3, 11:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Humboldt	29 min
Jul 4, 12:59 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Humboldt	91 min
Jul 4, 1:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	42 min
Jul 4, 2:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		43 min
Jul 4, 2:23 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	22 min
Jul 4, 2:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	35 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	30 min
Jul 4, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Humboldt	22 min
Jul 4, 3:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		23 min
Jul 4, 3:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 4, 4:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	22 min
Jul 4, 4:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Humboldt	25 min
Jul 4, 4:59 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	31 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.