Alert archive / Nevada / Special Weather Statements in 2020
Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2020, 8:32 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 18, 2020, 8:32 PM PDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2020, 9:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
595 WWUS85 KLKN 190332 SPSLKN Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Elko NV 832 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2020 NVZ031-036-190415- Northern Elko County NV- Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County NV- 832 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LANDER...WESTERN ELKO AND NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM PDT... At 832 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles north of Argenta, moving northeast at 20 mph. Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... North Area Mine. LAT...LON 4071 11645 4079 11686 4107 11682 4094 11622 TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 220DEG 17KT 4081 11672 $$ 99
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 5:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 51 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 47 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Lander | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 6:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 44 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 43 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Humboldt | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 8:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 42 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 46 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 65 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 67 min | |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 20 min | |
| Aug 19, 3:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.