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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 4:20 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 2, 2014, 4:20 PM PDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 5:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Lander County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 3268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 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 Aug 2, 2:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FUELING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NV THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF INVERTED TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST AZ/BAJA CA. THESE CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND WILL CUT BACK THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO ISOLATED. THIS INVERTED TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NV SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING TO OVER 1 INCH. THEREFORE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PLENTY JUICY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. PLUS DYNAMICS FROM INVERTED TROUGH WILL HELP WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER ON THE DOWN SIDE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL INHIBIT DAYTIME HEATING AND HENCE CONVECTION. ALSO FORECAST SOUNDING SHOW A WARM LAYER BETWEEN 500-400 MB WHICH WILL ALSO HELP CAP CONVECTION. WITH THAT SAID WILL CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL NV SUNDAY, BUT AS NOTED ABOVE NOT A CLEAR CUT SITUATION AND COULD END UP GETTING MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ON MONDAY INVERTED TROUGH FEATURE MOVES INTO NORTHERN NV WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEARING 1.2 INCHES. HOWEVER WILL HAVE ALL THE UNCERTAINTY AS WAS NOTED ABOVE FOR CENTRAL NV ON SUNDAY SO WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME FOR NORTHERN NV FOR MONDAY. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH AN UPPER LOW AND SHORTWAVE SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE LONG TERM. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE LOW AND SHORTWAVE WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE OUT OF NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BRINGING MOISTURE AND CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA WITH PW'S INITIALLY OVER ONE INCH MONDAY NIGHT AND DECREASING TO NEAR .75" ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER PW'S IN NORTHERN NEVADA. THURSDAY THE SHORTWAVE SLIPS EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME DIFFERENCE ON THE TIMING...BUT DO EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA MAINLY IN ELKO...EUREKA AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. FRIDAY WILL BE DRIER WITH PW'S DROPPING TO NEAR A HALF INCH AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE CROSSES THE REGION BUT A FEW ISOLATED STORMS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. SATURDAY SHOW A WEAK SHORTWAVE CROSSING NORTHERN NEVADA WHICH COULD TRIGGER SOME CONVECTION SO INCREASED POPS FOR THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH KELY HAVING THE BEST CHANCE AT 30 TO 40 PERCENT WITH LOWER CHANCES AT THE OTHER TERMINALS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL FUEL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME DECREASE IN MOISTURE BEGINNING TUESDAY BUT ENOUGH WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 91/90/90/91
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:53 PM PDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 153 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ031-022145- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 153 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 151 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CONTACT...MOVING EAST AT 15 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... U. S. ROUTE 93 NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4199 11431 4166 11439 4176 11489 4194 11483 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 269DEG 11KT 4185 11471 RCM
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:11 PM PDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 311 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ031-022300- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 311 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 306 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF CONTACT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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 NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4161 11426 4150 11452 4173 11467 4182 11446 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 329DEG 6KT 4169 11450 RCM
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:12 PM PDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 328 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ037-022300- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 328 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 320 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDEN PASS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 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... GARDEN PASS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3985 11600 3966 11614 3978 11636 3994 11625 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 299DEG 1KT 3981 11620 RCM
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:58 PM PDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 358 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ037-022345- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 358 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 357 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN ALONG STATE ROUTE 305...MOVING EAST AT 5 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... STATE ROUTE 305 IN RURAL CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4001 11702 3979 11696 3976 11729 4001 11734 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 259DEG 3KT 3987 11717 RCM
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:20 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
420 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014
NVZ036-037-030015-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
420 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LANDER AND EXTREME
WESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM PDT...
AT 411 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND EXTREME
WESTERN EUREKA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 11778 3922 11773 3926 11774 3941 11770
3944 11765 3947 11766 3953 11758 3954 11751
3962 11747 3977 11751 3991 11747 3996 11752
4009 11748 3975 11646 3925 11661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 228DEG 5KT 3953 11706
RCMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 30 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Nye | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 6:27 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:58 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 55 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 73 min |
| Aug 1, 9:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 58 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 10:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 10:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 10:12 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Humboldt | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 33 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 57 min | |
| Aug 1, 10:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Aug 1, 11:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 12:30 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 75 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 49 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 48 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 3:40 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:10 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Lander | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:46 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Lander | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Eureka, Lander | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 24 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 46 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.