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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Elko, NV

July 31, 2021Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 2:21 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 31, 2021, 2:21 PM PDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 2:45 PM PDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 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 180 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WUUS55 KLKN 312121
SVRLKN
NVC023-312145-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0010.210731T2121Z-210731T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
221 PM PDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Nye County in south central Nevada...

* Until 245 PM PDT.

* At 220 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tonopah,
  moving northwest at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tonopah and Tonopah Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


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

&&

LAT...LON 3805 11724 3806 11725 3807 11724 3822 11741
      3823 11741 3832 11721 3805 11706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 147DEG 17KT 3807 11723 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

91

1 follow-up statement

996 
WWUS55 KLKN 312142
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
242 PM PDT Sat Jul 31 2021

NVC023-312152-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210731T2145Z/
Nye NV-
242 PM PDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NYE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM PDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3805 11724 3806 11725 3807 11724 3822 11741
      3823 11741 3832 11721 3805 11706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 147DEG 17KT 3813 11728 

$$

87/91

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 5:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	29 min
Jul 30, 6:11 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	2 hr
Jul 30, 6:39 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	48 min
Jul 30, 7:08 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Lander	3 hr
Jul 30, 7:25 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 30, 7:30 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 30, 7:32 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 31, 12:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	24 min
Jul 31, 12:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 31, 1:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Jul 31, 1:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jul 31, 1:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	33 min
Jul 31, 1:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 31, 1:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		46 min
Jul 31, 2:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	25 min
Jul 31, 2:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		37 min
Jul 31, 2:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jul 31, 2:18 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka, White Pine	3 hr
Jul 31, 2:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
Jul 31, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 31, 2:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	42 min
Jul 31, 2:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	49 min
Jul 31, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	51 min
Jul 31, 3:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 31, 3:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	45 min
Jul 31, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 31, 4:03 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	117 min
Jul 31, 4:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	36 min
Jul 31, 4:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	31 min
Jul 31, 4:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	42 min
Jul 31, 4:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	48 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.