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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 23, 2017Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2017, 2:03 PM PDT for Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 23, 2017, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2017, 2:45 PM PDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

County Lander County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 3168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WWUS85 KLKN 232103
SPSLKN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
203 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2017
 
NVZ037-232145-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County NV-
203 PM PDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM PDT...

At 203 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of New Pass Summit, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
New Pass Summit.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3942 11768 3943 11764 3946 11766 3952 11759
      3953 11750 3963 11746 3964 11749 3968 11746
      3977 11750 3988 11746 3967 11708 3928 11749
      3938 11770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 208DEG 21KT 3964 11747 

$$

DS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 5:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
Jul 23, 11:52 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min
Jul 23, 12:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		47 min
Jul 23, 12:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		45 min
Jul 23, 12:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		46 min
Jul 23, 12:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	43 min
Jul 23, 1:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	46 min
Jul 23, 1:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	27 min
Jul 23, 1:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	38 min
Jul 23, 1:29 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	White Pine	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:33 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Lander	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:38 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Eureka	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye, White Pine	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:46 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka	44 min
Jul 23, 2:23 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Lander	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:34 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	White Pine	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	56 min
Jul 23, 2:39 PM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye, White Pine	56 hr
Jul 23, 3:04 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	White Pine	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	49 min
Jul 23, 4:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 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.