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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

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

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 1:58 PM PDT for Eureka County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 32 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, 1:58 PM PDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 2:30 PM PDT
In force: 32 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 21:00 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, 9.0 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: 2012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

132 
WUUS55 KLKN 152058
SVRLKN
NVC011-033-152130-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0002.210515T2058Z-210515T2130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

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

* Until 230 PM PDT.

* At 157 PM PDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms was located over 
  Diamond Valley, moving northeast at 25 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, Diamond Valley, Eureka Airport and Newark Valley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3941 11585 3966 11615 4003 11601 3965 11536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 207DEG 20KT 3969 11601 

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

SS

2 follow-up statements

277 
WWUS55 KLKN 152117
SVSLKN

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

NVC011-033-152130-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210515T2130Z/
White Pine NV-Eureka NV-
217 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM PDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE AND EAST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTIES...

At 216 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Diamond Valley, moving northeast at 25 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...
Newark Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3961 11586 3977 11609 4003 11601 3977 11556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 207DEG 20KT 3979 11594 

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

SS

863 
WWUS55 KLKN 152131
SVSLKN

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

NVC011-033-152140-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210515T2130Z/
White Pine NV-Eureka NV-
231 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE AND
EAST CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However 
small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3961 11586 3977 11609 4003 11601 3977 11556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 207DEG 20KT 3983 11591 

$$

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, 1:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka, White Pine	26 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.