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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

May 15, 2021Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 3:55 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 35 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, 3:55 PM PDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

933 
WUUS55 KLKN 152255
SVRLKN
NVC007-152330-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0004.210515T2255Z-210515T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Elko County in northeastern Nevada...

* Until 430 PM PDT.

* At 354 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ruby Lake,
  moving north at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Ruby Lake, Harrison Pass and Franklin Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4039 11513 4012 11537 4012 11543 4017 11567
      4048 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 200DEG 21KT 4025 11548 

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

SS

2 follow-up statements

521 
WWUS55 KLKN 152317
SVSLKN

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

NVC007-152330-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210515T2330Z/
Elko NV-
417 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...

At 416 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
Ruby Lake, moving north at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Harrison Pass and Franklin Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4039 11513 4019 11531 4026 11547 4033 11560
      4048 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 200DEG 21KT 4037 11542 

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

SS

172 
WWUS55 KLKN 152328
SVSLKN

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

NVC007-152338-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210515T2330Z/
Elko NV-
428 PM PDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4039 11513 4019 11531 4026 11547 4033 11560
      4048 11554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 200DEG 21KT 4042 11540 

$$

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, 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, 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.