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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV

June 4, 2021Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 5:39 PM PDT for Elko 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: Jun 4, 2021, 5:39 PM PDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2021, 6:15 PM PDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

965 
WUUS55 KLKN 050039
SVRLKN
NVC007-050115-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0005.210605T0039Z-210605T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
539 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Elko County in northeastern Nevada...

* Until 615 PM PDT.

* At 538 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Contact,
  moving east northeast at 10 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Elko County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4184 11423 4176 11466 4191 11480 4200 11460
      4200 11448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 251DEG 9KT 4185 11468 

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

90

1 follow-up statement

804 
WWUS55 KLKN 050056
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
556 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NVC007-050115-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210605T0115Z/
Elko NV-
556 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...

At 555 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Jackpot, moving east northeast at 10 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Elko County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4177 11461 4192 11476 4200 11460 4200 11448
      4184 11423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 251DEG 9KT 4186 11463 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	33 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jun 4, 6:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		44 min
Jun 5, 2:34 PM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	LKN	Nye, White Pine	45 hr

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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.