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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 2:41 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 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 7, 2015, 2:41 PM PDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 3:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 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 Aug 7, 2:18 PM PDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:18 PM PDT, 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 349 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015 NVZ030-031-033>041-072300- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 349 PM PDT THU AUG 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...NOW LOCATED JUST OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA...HAS BEEN PUMPING CLOUDS AND MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH INTO NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA LATER TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF ELKO...EUREKA...AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE SATURDAY AS A DRIER FLOW COMMENCES. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS RETURNING BACK INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:43 PM PDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 143 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2015 NVZ034-038-039-072130- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- 143 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM PDT... AT 140 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SPRING CREEK TO NEAR LEE TO NEAR JIGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...WILL AFFECT AREAS OF SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMOILLE...LEE...SPRING CREEK...JIGGS AND LAMOILLE CANYON. 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 4033 11558 4041 11580 4085 11556 4074 11514 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 205DEG 44KT 4056 11557 TURNER
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:03 PM PDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 203 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2015 NVZ033-039-072145- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 203 PM PDT FRI AUG 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 202 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF CURRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WHITE HORSE PASS. U.S. HIGHWAY 93-ALTERNATE NEAR WHITE HORSE PASS.. LAT...LON 4021 11456 4034 11465 4048 11432 4029 11416 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 242DEG 67KT 4031 11451 TURNER
Local storm report, Aug 7, 2:30 PM PDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:15 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 60 min | |
| Aug 7, 11:35 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 11:38 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 67 min | |
| Aug 7, 11:57 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Esmeralda, Nye | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 12:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 12:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Eureka, White Pine | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 12:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | White Pine | 15 min |
| Aug 7, 12:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 1:06 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Nye | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 1:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:49 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, White Pine | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 36 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 38 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 4:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | White Pine | 48 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.