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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

May 25, 2015

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2015, 2:13 PM PDT. It was in force for 47 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: May 25, 2015, 2:13 PM PDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2015, 3:00 PM PDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 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 May 25, 2:00 PM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:00 PM PDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 12:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1222 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

NVZ030-251945-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV-
1222 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM PDT...

AT 1222 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF VALMY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALMY AND LONE TREE MINE.

THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 213 STONE HOUSE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4069 11709 4069 11735 4079 11737 4088 11713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 257DEG 6KT 4076 11729

JRM

Special weather statement, May 25, 12:49 PM PDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1249 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

NVZ031-252030-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
1249 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM PDT...

AT 1248 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OWYHEE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN CITY TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TUSCARORA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSON RESERVOIR AND CHICKEN CREEK SUMMIT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

IF ON OR NEAR WILSON RESERVOIR...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4184 11614 4153 11600 4143 11629 4155 11661
      4165 11650 4177 11647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 267DEG 10KT 4172 11640 4168 11640 4153 11647

JRM

Special weather statement, May 25, 1:02 PM PDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
102 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

NVZ030-252045-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV-
102 PM PDT MON MAY 25 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM PDT...

AT 102 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MCDERMITT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCDERMITT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4191 11744 4181 11766 4195 11777 4200 11779
      4200 11756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 313DEG 10KT 4199 11768

JRM

Local storm report, May 25, 1:40 PM PDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 25, 1:46 PM PDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 25, 2:13 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 5:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		39 min
May 25, 11:12 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
May 25, 12:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		23 min
May 25, 12:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
May 25, 1:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		43 min
May 25, 1:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	16 min
May 25, 1:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
May 25, 2:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		43 min
May 25, 2:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		39 min
May 25, 3:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		50 min
May 25, 3:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
May 25, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		47 min
May 25, 4:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		39 min
May 25, 4:30 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Humboldt	3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.