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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Sep 12, 2013, 1:21 PM PDT. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 12, 2013, 1:21 PM PDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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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</html>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 Sep 12, 3:12 AM PDT, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 3:12 AM PDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 3:14 AM PDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 314 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 NVZ031-033>039-041-131015- 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- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 314 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA...INCLUDING EASTERN ELKO...WHITE PINE...LANDER/EUREKA...AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXISTS FOR THESE AREAS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS TODAY AND TOMORROW. PLEASE SEE RNOFFALKN FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SLOW DRYING WILL COMMENCE DURING THE WEEKEND WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. BREEZY AND DRY WILL BE THE RULE BEGINNING MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 12, 8:13 AM PDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 813 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 NVZ030-031-033>041-121900- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...JACKPOT... WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER... SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS....ELY...RUTH... MCGILL...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...RUBY VALLEY... PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... CURRANT SUMMIT 813 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CENTERED NEAR EUREKA THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY REDEVELOP ONCE TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER 70S, AND THIS IS EXPECTED BY 10 TO 11 AM. ONCE THUNDERSTORMS FORM, THEY WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY, AND MANY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS, WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED, ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL THE PRIMARY THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECREASING BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. TURNER
Special weather statement, Sep 12, 1:21 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 121 PM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 NVZ030-122100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV- 121 PM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM PDT... AT 112 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MIDAS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR ERROSION. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TWIN CREEKS MINE... && LAT...LON 4108 11727 4140 11734 4143 11703 4118 11702 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 069DEG 8KT 4124 11711 DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 9:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min | |
| Sep 11, 9:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:22 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:44 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:58 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:07 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:21 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Sep 12, 3:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:25 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:28 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | White Pine | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | 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.