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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV

October 30, 2016Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2016, 5:17 PM PDT for Elko County, Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 43 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: Oct 30, 2016, 5:17 PM PDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2016, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

873 
WUUS55 KLKN 310017
SVRLKN
NVC007-011-015-310100-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0013.161031T0017Z-161031T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
517 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO NEVADA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
  NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
  WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA...

* UNTIL 600 PM PDT

* AT 517 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF VALMY...AND MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDAS...NORTH AREA MINE...MIDAS MINE AND WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4098 11620 4079 11693 4086 11702 4115 11702
      4118 11701 4143 11652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 249DEG 48KT 4095 11689 

$$

DS

2 follow-up statements

975 
WWUS55 KLKN 310042
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
542 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016

NVC007-011-015-310100-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161031T0100Z/
LANDER NV-EUREKA NV-ELKO NV-
542 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LANDER...NORTHWESTERN EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL ELKO
COUNTIES...

AT 541 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDAS...MIDAS MINE AND WILLOW CREEK RESERVOIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 11621 4079 11693 4086 11702 4115 11702
      4118 11701 4143 11652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 249DEG 48KT 4107 11649 

$$

CEC

290 
WWUS55 KLKN 310101
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
601 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016

NVC007-011-015-310111-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161031T0100Z/
LANDER NV-EUREKA NV-ELKO NV-
601 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANDER...
NORTHWESTERN EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4099 11621 4079 11693 4086 11702 4115 11702
      4118 11701 4143 11652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 249DEG 48KT 4116 11619 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 5:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	52 min
Oct 30, 5:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	47 min
Oct 30, 5:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		40 min

Nearby

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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.