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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2014, 5:41 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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
- Sep 18, 2014, 5:41 PM PDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 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 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Sep 18, 2:07 PM PDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 2:07 PM PDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 207 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC LOW IS ON DECK AND WILL BRING GUSTY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE SILVER STATE. THIS SYSTEM HAS PROVEN TO HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...SMOKE FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRES WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER NE NV TODAY...MAINLY ELKO COUNTY. THE PW FROM THE LATEST ELKO SOUNDING WAS .84 OF AN INCH WHICH IS 188 PERCENT OF NORMAL....AND THE PROGGED SOUNDING FOR BOTH ELY AND ELKO HOLD ONTO THE MOISTURE OVER NIGHT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...THE NAM 12 PUMMELS THE EASTERN ZONES WITH -3 TO -4 LIS...WIDESPREAD +1000 J/KG OF CAPE AND SPIKED BULK RICHARDSON NUMBERS...WHICH GETS SUPPORT FROM THE HRRR. THE GFS AND THE EC BOTH HAVE THE H5 LOW PLUNGING OVER THE COAST OF CA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A TEMPORARY REPRIEVE IN TS ACTIVITY BEFORE THE LOW RECURVES AND TRACKS INLAND RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...PUSHING FROM SOUTHERN/CENTRAL NV INTO NORTHERN NV. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. CUTOFF LOW MOVING INTO WESTERN NEVADA SATURDAY NIGHT WEAKENS INTO SUNDAY AS IT PUSHES EAST-NORTHEAST INTO UTAH AND IDAHO BY SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND HANDLING THE LOW/OPEN WAVE. MINOR DISCREPANCIES WITH TIMING AND TRACK DO HOWEVER RESULT IN DIFFERENCES ON WHERE PRECIPITATION SETS UP. ECMWF AND GFS ARE BOTH A LITTLE QUICKER TO BRING THE MOISTURE UP INTO CENTRAL NEVADA SATURDAY NIGHT...AND INTO NORTHERN NEVADA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NAM MODEL BEING SLOWER BY 6-8HRS ON THE NORTHERN MOISTURE PUSH. MODELS ALL AGREE THAT THE LOW/OPEN WAVE WILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ASSOCIATED MOISTURE/QPF...WITH A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL NEVADA HIGHLAND AREAS AND NORTH INTO THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS DIMINISH BY SUNDAY EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY WHERE LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. REGION WILL BE BETWEEN STORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TUESDAY INTO MID-WEEK AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH. WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS RETURNING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA SHOULD REMAIN DRY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THIS WEEKEND DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER...AND NEXT WEEK AS WARMER AIR SPREADS UP UNDER THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. && .AVIATION...SMOKE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AT KWMC THROUGH AT LEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE KEKO TERMINAL FROM EARLY TO MID-AFTERNOON TODAY...WHILE STORMS AT KELY WILL BE A LITTLE LATER IN DEVELOPING...GENERALLY EXPECTED FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID-EVENING HOURS. KTPH SHOULD BE STORM-FREE TODAY WITH SOME CU TO THE NORTH AND EAST. && .FIRE WEATHER...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES OBSERVED EARLIER TODAY OVER 468...469 AND 470 TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/96/96/97
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:03 PM PDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 203 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 NVZ034-038-039-182145- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 203 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 202 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAMOILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUBY VALLEY... HALLECK AND SECRET PASS... STAR VALLEY AND DEETH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4115 11535 4095 11488 4062 11547 4074 11566 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 215DEG 29KT 4077 11548 JRM
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:12 PM PDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 312 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 NVZ031-033-039-182245- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 312 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM PDT... AT 309 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OASIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN ELKO COUNTY... && LAT...LON 4128 11440 4114 11408 4093 11443 4098 11450 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 217DEG 38KT 4100 11443 JR
Local storm report, Sep 18, 3:13 PM PDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
313 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1222 PM HAIL RYNDON 40.95N 115.61W
09/18/2014 M0.75 INCH ELKO NV PUBLIC
HAIL LASTED AROUND 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
1225 PM HAIL 1 ESE RYNDON 40.95N 115.59W
09/18/2014 M0.50 INCH ELKO NV TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ARRIVED AT HOME AND MEASURED DIME SIZE HAIL 1.5
HOURS AFTER THE STORM HAD PASSED. SPOTTER ALSO NOTED THAT
THE FLOWERS WERE DAMAGED AND SOME LEAVES WERE KNOCKED OFF
THE TREES. HAIL MAY HAVE BEEN BIGGER.
0205 PM HAIL LAMOILLE 40.74N 115.49W
09/18/2014 M0.50 INCH ELKO NV PUBLIC
DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LAMOILLE. MINOR FLOODING
WAS ALSO REPORTED.
&&
JRMSpecial weather statement, Sep 18, 3:32 PM PDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 332 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 NVZ031-038-182315- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 332 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM PDT... AT 330 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RYNDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HALLECK... DEETH... RYNDON... INTERSTATE 80 NEAR RYNDON... 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 4127 11555 4117 11512 4080 11565 4085 11578 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 215DEG 26KT 4092 11563 JRM
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:46 PM PDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 346 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 NVZ034-038-039-182330- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 346 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM PDT... AT 344 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMOILLE CANYON... LAMOILLE... SECRET PASS AND RUBY VALLEY... 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 4094 11534 4073 11503 4048 11554 4058 11567 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 218DEG 27KT 4061 11551 JRM
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:58 PM PDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 358 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 NVZ031-038-182345- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 358 PM PDT THU SEP 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 356 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RYNDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CENTRAL 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 4143 11535 4119 11509 4093 11548 4105 11566 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 224DEG 24KT 4105 11548 PJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 5:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Sep 18, 6:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.