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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Elko, NV

May 26, 2018Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2018, 1:14 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 31 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: May 26, 2018, 1:14 PM PDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2018, 1:45 PM PDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

931 
WUUS55 KLKN 262014
SVRLKN
NVC007-262045-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0013.180526T2014Z-180526T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
114 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2018

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Elko County in northeastern Nevada...

* Until 145 PM PDT

* At 112 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles east of
  Contact, moving north at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail, possibly up to 
           quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Elko County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4197 11404 4184 11404 4164 11418 4172 11441
      4199 11432 4200 11413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 201DEG 19KT 4176 11426 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CS

2 follow-up statements

607 
WWUS55 KLKN 262039
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
139 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2018

NVC007-262045-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180526T2045Z/
Elko NV-
139 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...

At 137 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 23 miles southwest
of Oakley Reservoir, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Elko County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4197 11404 4184 11404 4164 11418 4172 11441
      4199 11432 4200 11413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 201DEG 19KT 4189 11419 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LW

612 
WWUS55 KLKN 262046
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
146 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2018

NVC007-262054-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180526T2045Z/
Elko NV-
146 PM PDT SAT MAY 26 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 145 PM PDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
The warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty outflow and 
downburst winds to 55 mph are still possible from this storm as it 
moves towards the extreme northeast corner of Nevada at the border 
with Idaho and Utah.

LAT...LON 4197 11404 4184 11404 4164 11418 4172 11441
      4199 11432 4200 11413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 201DEG 19KT 4191 11418 

$$

LW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:48 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Lander, Nye, White Pine	14 hr
May 26, 11:57 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	4 hr
May 26, 12:25 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	4 hr
May 26, 12:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		49 min
May 26, 12:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		45 min
May 26, 1:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
May 26, 1:21 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Humboldt	4 hr
May 26, 1:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		40 min
May 26, 1:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		42 min
May 26, 2:42 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	5 hr
May 26, 3:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	46 min
May 26, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
May 26, 3:21 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka, Humboldt, Lander	4 hr
May 26, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		43 min
May 26, 3:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	50 min
May 26, 4:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min
May 26, 4:26 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Eureka, Lander	4 hr
May 26, 4:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		45 min
May 26, 4:44 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka, Lander	61 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.