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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Elko, NV

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

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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
 
$$

SS
2 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
 
$$

SS
333 
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 

$$

SS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 12:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN49 min
May 15, 1:19 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN41 min
May 15, 1:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine26 min
May 15, 1:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine32 min
May 15, 2:26 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN49 min
May 15, 2:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka46 min
May 15, 3:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN50 min
May 15, 3:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN44 min
May 15, 3:54 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN51 min
May 15, 3:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko35 min
May 15, 4:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko38 min
May 15, 4:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN52 min
May 15, 4:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko50 min
May 15, 4:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN48 min
May 15, 4:40 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN50 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.