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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Elko, NV

August 1, 2018Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2018, 3:00 PM PDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 2922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 2:14 AM PDT, 12 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:14 AM PDT, 12 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:07 PM PDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
207 PM PDT WED AUG 1 2018

NVZ031-012145-
Northern Elko County NV-
207 PM PDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM PDT...

At 206 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Contact, moving east at 20 mph.

Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm as well as
small hail.

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

LAT...LON 4174 11408 4173 11459 4193 11463 4200 11419
      4199 11416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 270DEG 17KT 4183 11450

CS

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:10 PM PDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
210 PM PDT WED AUG 1 2018

NVZ041-012215-
Northeastern Nye County NV-
210 PM PDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM PDT...

At 210 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 32
miles east of Round Mountain, moving east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm as well
as small hail.

Locations impacted include...
Little Fish Lake Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3873 11657 3888 11659 3899 11608 3870 11603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 266DEG 30KT 3882 11648

CS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 5:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		59 min
Aug 1, 2:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min
Aug 1, 2:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		65 min
Aug 1, 2:29 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	LKN	Elko	23 hr
Aug 1, 2:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye	2 hr
Aug 1, 2:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		47 min
Aug 1, 3:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
Aug 1, 3:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	29 min
Aug 1, 4:27 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	47 min
Aug 1, 4:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	45 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	50 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.