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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2014, 1:02 PM PDT for Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 43 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 20, 2014, 1:02 PM PDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2014, 1:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Eureka County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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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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 Jul 20, 2:48 AM PDT, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:48 AM PDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1204 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 NVZ030-031-033-034-036-038-039-211915- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 1204 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LOCALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT IN FAR NORTHERN NEVADA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ON MONDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THE STORMS BECOMING STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ035-037-040-041-211915- WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 1204 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STORMS WILL DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. 94
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 11:32 AM PDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1257 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 NVZ037-202045- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 1257 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM PDT... AT 1254 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DIME SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AUSTIN... STATE ROUTES 722 AND 305... US HIGHWAY 50... JUST TO THE EAST OF RAILROAD PASS... && LAT...LON 3960 11732 3951 11705 3922 11723 3928 11744 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 201DEG 15KT 3934 11729 BB
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:02 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 102 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 NVZ036-037-202045- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 102 PM PDT SUN JUL 20 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM PDT... AT 100 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN PASS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HORSE CREEK VALLEY AND THE CORTEZ MOUNTAINS... && LAT...LON 4032 11651 4033 11619 3993 11620 3992 11644 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 177DEG 15KT 4001 11632 BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 20, 11:32 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Jul 20, 12:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 12:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 48 min | |
| Jul 20, 1:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 1:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Jul 20, 1:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 2:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 40 min | |
| Jul 20, 2:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Lander | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 2:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 22 min | |
| Jul 20, 2:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 3:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 22 min |
| Jul 20, 3:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Humboldt, Lander | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 4:35 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
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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.