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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV

May 15, 2021Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 1:34 PM PDT for Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 26 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 15, 2021, 1:34 PM PDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Eureka County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 3037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

856 
WUUS55 KLKN 152034
SVRLKN
NVC011-033-152100-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0001.210515T2034Z-210515T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
134 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern White Pine County in northeastern Nevada...
  Southeastern Eureka County in north central Nevada...

* Until 200 PM PDT.

* At 133 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eureka
  Airport, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Eureka, Pinto Summit, Diamond Valley, Eureka Airport, Newark Valley
  and Big Bald Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3933 11586 3940 11621 3955 11632 4011 11597
      3988 11525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 213DEG 37KT 3960 11602 

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

AY

1 follow-up statement

702 
WWUS55 KLKN 152102
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
202 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

NVC011-033-152110-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210515T2100Z/
White Pine NV-Eureka NV-
202 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning is still ongoing and a new 
severe thunderstorm has taken its place. Hail and gusty winds are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3933 11586 3940 11621 3955 11632 4011 11597
      3988 11525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 213DEG 37KT 3979 11586 

$$

SS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 12:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		49 min
May 15, 1:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
May 15, 1:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka, White Pine	32 min
May 15, 2:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		49 min
May 15, 2:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	46 min
May 15, 3:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		50 min
May 15, 3:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko, White Pine	36 min
May 15, 3:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
May 15, 3:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		51 min
May 15, 3:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	35 min
May 15, 4:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	38 min
May 15, 4:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
May 15, 4:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	50 min
May 15, 4:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
May 15, 4:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		50 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.