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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Elko, NV

July 30, 2016Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this red flag warning at Jul 30, 2016, 2:10 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It took effect at Jul 31, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 2:10 PM PDT (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 31, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2016, 11:00 PM PDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

177 
WWUS85 KLKN 302110
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
210 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016


NVZ470-311515-
/O.NEW.KLKN.FW.W.0007.160731T1800Z-160801T0600Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160731T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
210 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 470...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
470...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
  AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY
  THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MIX OF
  DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.


&&

$$

NVZ454-455-457-469-310600-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160731T0600Z/
CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY/LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
50-SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
210 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 454...455...457 AND 469...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 454 CENTRAL LANDER AND 
  EUREKA COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 455 WHITE PINE COUNTY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 457 NORTHERN NYE COUNTY/LANDER AND EUREKA 
  COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 469 
  SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN 
  THE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY 
  THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MIX OF 
  DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

BB

5 follow-up statements

086 
WWUS85 KLKN 310537
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1037 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016


NVZ470-312345-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160731T0600Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0007.160731T1800Z-160801T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
1037 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 470...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470...

* FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY, IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
  11PM. THE MESSAGE BELOW IS FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TOMORROW
  (SUNDAY).

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...FOR SUNDAY...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
  EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO SCATTERED
  MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  A MIX OF DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

NVZ454-455-457-469-310645-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160731T0600Z/
CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY/LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
50-SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
1037 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
454...455...457 AND 469...

MUCH OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA AND ONLY VERY ISOLATED STORMS CAN BE SEEN. AS THE MAIN
THREAT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED, THEREFORE THE WARNING IS
BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE
EXPECTED, WITH BREEZY WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT.

$$

948 
WWUS85 KLKN 310943
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
243 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

NVZ470-010345-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0007.160731T1800Z-160801T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
243 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470...

* FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY... IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
  AT 11PM THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...FOR TODAY...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
  EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO SCATTERED
  MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  A MIX OF DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

971 
WWUS85 KLKN 311001
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
301 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016


NVZ470-010415-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0007.160731T1800Z-160801T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
301 AM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* LOOK FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EARLY IN THE
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
  MIX OF DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

402 
WWUS85 KLKN 312117
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
217 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

NVZ470-010600-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160801T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
217 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 470...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE IN EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH
  THIS EVENING. A MIX OF DRY AND WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE 
  WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

LW

073 
WWUS85 KLKN 010534
RFWLKN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1034 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016


NVZ470-010645-
/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160801T0600Z/
EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
1034 PM PDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470...

A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE FORECAST AREA.
AS A RESULT, THE RED FLAG WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS
EVENING AT 11 PM.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 6:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	51 min
Jul 29, 7:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		54 min
Jul 30, 1:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2016 Every red flag warning in 2016

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.