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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Elko, NV

May 31, 2018Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 11:20 AM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 25 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 31, 2018, 11:20 AM PDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2018, 11:45 AM PDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2018-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2018-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

084 
WUUS55 KLKN 311820
SVRLKN
NVC007-311845-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0021.180531T1820Z-180531T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
1120 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2018

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

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

* Until 1145 AM PDT

* At 1120 AM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ryndon,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Elko and Ryndon. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4083 11571 4091 11586 4124 11570 4110 11531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 214DEG 31KT 4094 11574 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:19 AM PDTWind AdvisoryLKNNye, White Pine18 hr
May 31, 10:52 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko38 min
May 31, 11:41 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko34 min
May 31, 11:43 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN47 min
May 31, 12:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN49 min
May 31, 12:11 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko34 min
May 31, 12:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko44 min
May 31, 12:43 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN62 min
May 31, 12:57 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko33 min
May 31, 1:04 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko26 min
May 31, 1:05 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko25 min
May 31, 1:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko52 min
May 31, 1:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko30 min
May 31, 1:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko35 min
May 31, 1:31 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko29 min
May 31, 1:55 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN50 min
May 31, 1:57 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko33 min
May 31, 2:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN55 min
May 31, 2:11 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko22 min
May 31, 2:13 PM PDTFrost AdvisoryLKNElko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye, White Pine21 hr
May 31, 2:22 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko38 min
May 31, 2:26 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko34 min
May 31, 3:03 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN42 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.