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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 6:25 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 30, 2015, 6:25 PM PDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 7:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 50 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 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 30, 2:00 PM PDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:00 PM PDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER OR NEAR NEVADA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...KEEPING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HOT AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. HOT UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEAR CEDAR CITY UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. AN UNUSUALLY HOT AIRMASS CONTINUES FOR THE LAST DAY OF JUNE, WITH TEMPERATURES WAY ABOVE NORMAL. MOISTURE QUALITY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ACROSS NEVADA, WITH PW OF 0.9-1.1 INCH ACROSS THE CWA. KLRX RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AS EXPECTED AS OF 1 PM, AND THESE WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH SUNSET. ATMOSPHERE OVER ELKO COUNTY IS QUITE UNSTABLE, WITH CAPE TO 2000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX OF -3 TO -4. SHEAR IS WEAK, SO ONLY MULTICELLS ARE EXPECTED, BUT BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY, WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. CONVECTION IS DIURNALLY DRIVEN, AS SUCH EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY AROUND SUNSET. WEDNESDAY...HOT 595 DM UPPER HIGH RETROGRADES WESTWARD, TO RECENTER OVER CENTRAL NEVADA BY 5 PM. THIS RIDGE ORIENTATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED SUPPRESSION WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY, WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR, HIGHER NEAR THE RUBY MTNS. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL FAVOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50. THE HEAT MARCHES ON, WITH MAX TEMPS OF 96-104 IN THE VALLEYS, DEPENDING ON ELEVATION. WINDS LIGHT OUTSIDE OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW. THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE MOVES LITTLE, WITH 12Z ECMWF PLACING THE CENTER NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN AT NOON. AS SUCH, HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE, AGAIN 96-104 IN THE AFTERNOON. AGAIN, SUBSIDENCE UNDER THIS HIGH WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA, WITH ISOLATED CELLS AT BEST. AREAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WITH SW EXTENT ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TURNER .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING A GRADUAL SHIFTING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA...WITH THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION BEING FORECAST TO CENTER OVER CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY...AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT...WITH MANY AREAS SEEING TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS ONCE AGAIN. HAVE KEPT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...SOUTH OF THE US HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...EXPECT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING THE EVENING. LOWS WILL BE QUITE WARM WITH READINGS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S IN MANY AREAS. BY SATURDAY...THE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE SOUTHEAST ONCE AGAIN...WITH RETURN CIRCULATION OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL HELP TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA. HEIGHTS WILL FALL SLIGHTLY...WHICH WON'T BRING DOWN AFTERNOON HIGHS MUCH...MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE MAIN FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOUTHERLY THROUGH THIS TIME. ONCE AGAIN...NOT EXPECTING OVERNIGHT LOWS TO DIP MUCH...WITH 50S AND 60S THE NORM. WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ITS SOUTHEAST TREK THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS RANGING IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. && .AVIATION...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 KT. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TOMORROW...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KWMC WHERE DRIER AIR WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH LAL AVERAGING NEAR 4 FOR MOST FWZ. FUELS HAVE YET TO BE DECLARED BROWN/CURED FOR ALL FWZ. THAT SAID, FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM, WITH LOCALIZED FIRE STARTS LIKELY. THE RISK FOR FIRE SPREAD REMAINS LOW. ALL CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET. WEDNESDAY...AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP, BUT MORE ISOLATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN FWZ, WITH THE FOCUS OF ACTIVITY ACROSS FWZ 455 AND 457. THUNDERSTORM TRENDS WILL REMAIN SIMILAR ON THURSDAY, WITH THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY AGAIN AFFECTING FWZ 455 AND 457. TURNER && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/86/86/99
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:18 PM PDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
118 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015
NVZ031-302100-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
118 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM
PDT...
AT 117 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF CONTACT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKPOT AND CONTACT.
U.S. HIGHWAY 93 NEAR JACKPOT.
LAT...LON 4176 11478 4177 11480 4191 11491 4193 11490
4200 11476 4199 11421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 239DEG 27KT 4188 11477
TURNERSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 2:03 PM PDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 203 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVZ037-302145- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 203 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 202 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDEN PASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATE HIGHWAY 278 NORTH OF GARDEN PASS... LAT...LON 3983 11623 3992 11633 4005 11618 3993 11603 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 233DEG 40KT 3992 11620 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:18 PM PDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 418 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVZ038-302345- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 418 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 417 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO AND ADOBE SUMMIT. INTERSTATE 80 NEAR ELKO... THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 293 HUNTER. LAT...LON 4067 11588 4077 11600 4092 11588 4076 11569 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 228DEG 35KT 4078 11588 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:38 PM PDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 438 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVZ038-010030- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 438 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM PDT... AT 437 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ELKO...MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO...SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE SUMMIT. LAT...LON 4080 11588 4093 11581 4090 11563 4073 11570 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 285DEG 44KT 4084 11577 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:20 PM PDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 620 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 NVZ031-010200- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 620 PM PDT TUE JUN 30 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM PDT... AT 620 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER JACKPOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JACKPOT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. 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 4191 11439 4187 11471 4200 11480 4200 11447 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 243DEG 8KT 4198 11468 JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 52 min | |
| Jun 30, 7:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 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.