Alert archive / Nevada / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 3:24 PM PDT for Elko County, White Pine 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2021, 3:24 PM PDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 4:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
215
WUUS55 KLKN 152224
SVRLKN
NVC007-033-152300-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0003.210515T2224Z-210515T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
324 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...
South central Elko County in northeastern Nevada...
* Until 400 PM PDT.
* At 323 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Ruby Lake, moving north 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...
Ruby Lake, Big Bald Mountain and Overland Pass.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 11548 3998 11573 4029 11571 4023 11533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 185DEG 20KT 4007 11560
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SS2 follow-up statements
967
WWUS55 KLKN 152247
SVSLKN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
347 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
NVC033-152255-
/O.CAN.KLKN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
White Pine NV-
347 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4012 11539 4013 11571 4029 11571 4023 11533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 185DEG 20KT 4020 11559
$$
NVC007-152300-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
Elko NV-
347 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...
At 345 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ruby Lake,
moving north 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...
Ruby Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 11539 4013 11571 4029 11571 4023 11533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 185DEG 20KT 4020 11559
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SS333
WWUS55 KLKN 152259
SVSLKN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
359 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
NVC007-152306-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210515T2300Z/
Elko NV-
359 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM PDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area, but
is ongoing and covered in a new severe thunderstom waring.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4012 11539 4013 11571 4029 11571 4023 11533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 185DEG 20KT 4026 11558
$$
SSThe 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, 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, 3:31 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.