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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

August 2, 2014

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 4:51 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 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, 4:51 PM PDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2014, 5:15 PM PDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:30 PM PDT, 2 hours 21 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, 3:58 PM PDT, 53 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, 31 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

RCM

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:23 PM PDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
423 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NVZ031-030015-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
423 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
PDT...

AT 415 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4184 11472 4134 11517 4139 11586 4200 11544
      4200 11527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 310DEG 13KT 4150 11518

RCM

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:25 PM PDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
425 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NVZ040-041-030015-
NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY NV-
425 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
PDT...

AT 420 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HICKISON SUMMIT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST 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 NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3878 11625 3883 11670 3912 11651 3908 11609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 027DEG 3KT 3896 11642

RCM

Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:32 PM PDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
432 PM PDT SAT AUG 02 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0341 PM     TSTM WND GST     19 ESE CONTACT          41.64N 114.44W
08/02/2014  M65 MPH          ELKO               NV   MESONET

            ROCK SPRING CREEK RAWS. ELEVATION 5427 FT AMSL

&&

RLC

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:51 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
451 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

NVZ040-041-030015-
NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY NV-
451 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NYE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
PDT...

AT 448 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTHWEST 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 CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3854 11704 3874 11691 3862 11652 3840 11675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 117DEG 4KT 3857 11681

RCM

The 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, 4:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	55 min
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, 4:59 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.