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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Oct 30, 2016, 5:28 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. 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
- Oct 30, 2016, 5:28 PM PDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2016, 6:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 30, 3:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:00 PM PDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 300 PM PDT Sun Oct 30 2016 .SYNOPSIS...Showers and thunderstorms over most of northern Nevada as well as windy conditions across central Nevada will all diminish into this evening. Dry and mild early on Monday with showers moving in from west to east later in the day. Showers linger over northern Nevada Monday night into Tuesday. Dry conditions return on Wednesday. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Tuesday. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms across most of northern and portions of central Nevada this afternoon will diminish into this evening. Some showers may be moderate or heavy with reduced visibility. While CAPE is relatively low...shear values are high to the west of and along the line from Gabbs up toward Carlin and Midas with moderate shear east of that line. As such there may be some moderate to potentially strong thunderstorms late this afternoon and early evening. Across central Nevada strong southerly winds will continue into the early evening and diminish into the late evening and overnight hours. A brief pause in the rain late this evening into Monday morning...however by Monday afternoon a second trough will bring another round of showers to mainly northern Nevada. It is still likely to be dry in the Elko area early Monday evening...however before midnight light rain is expected to begin. Showers continue overnight Monday and through Tuesday afternoon across northern Nevada. .LONG TERM...Tuesday night through Sunday. Benign weather through the first half of the weekend as a ridge of high pressure sits over the area. However the EC model shows some moisture being advected northward around a upper level low in western AZ into east central NV near the UT border on Friday. The GFS however keeps this upper level low and associated moisture well to the south across far southern NV. For now kept the forecast dry for Friday due to model uncertainty. Models do agree that a short wave will move across northern NV on Sunday, but differ on the strength, with the GFS bringing precip down into central NV while the EC keep precip confined to northern NV. && .AVIATION...Widespread rain showers with local mvfr conditions mainly affecting the keko and kely terminals through 03z. South winds gusting to 50 mph through 02z impacting the KTPH and KELY terminals, and up to 40 mph at the KEKO terminal. Isolated thunderstorms possibly impacting the KEKO terminal through 01z. && .FIRE WEATHER...Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms late this afternoon and early evening over northern and portions of central Nevada will taper off later this evening. Some showers will be moderate to heavy with wetting rains. The strong southerly winds across central Nevada will also diminish into this evening and overnight. Dry tonight into Monday however more rain is expected over mainly northern Nevada later on Monday on through Tuesday afternoon. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning until 9 PM PDT this evening for Northeastern Nye County-Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range-South Central Elko County-Southeastern Elko County-White Pine County. Wind Advisory until 9 PM PDT this evening for Northwestern Nye County-Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County. && 96/91/91/96
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 4:19 PM PDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
419 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016
NVZ030-302345-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV-
419 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM PDT...
AT 418 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARADISE VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARADISE VALLEY AND CHIMNEY DAM RESERVOIR.
LAT...LON 4124 11758 4135 11774 4155 11784 4192 11733
4141 11705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 239DEG 49KT 4141 11760
DSSpecial weather statement, Oct 30, 4:23 PM PDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 423 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016 NVZ036-038-310000- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 423 PM PDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM PDT... AT 423 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PINE VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINE VALLEY AND EMIGRANT MINE. LAT...LON 4025 11613 4042 11629 4077 11600 4047 11566 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 222DEG 55KT 4041 11614 DS
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 4:44 PM PDT, 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 5:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LKN | Elko, Eureka, Lander | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 5:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 52 min |
| Oct 30, 5:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 40 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2016Every special weather statement 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.