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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Elko, NV

July 13, 2021Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 3:55 PM PDT for Nye 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: Jul 13, 2021, 3:55 PM PDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2021, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -439 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WUUS55 KLKN 132255
SVRLKN
NVC023-132330-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0006.210713T2255Z-210713T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
355 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Nye County in south central Nevada...

* Until 430 PM PDT.

* At 354 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 26 miles southwest
  of Blue Eagle Ranch, moving northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Nye County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 11594 3840 11565 3805 11544 3805 11585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 243DEG 12KT 3819 11576 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SS

2 follow-up statements

783 
WWUS55 KLKN 132318
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
418 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NVC023-132330-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210713T2330Z/
Nye NV-
418 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...

At 416 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 22 miles south of
Blue Eagle Ranch, moving northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Nye County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 11591 3837 11564 3823 11555 3805 11544
      3805 11582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 243DEG 12KT 3822 11567 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SS

476 
WWUS55 KLKN 132328
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
428 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NVC023-132337-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210713T2330Z/
Nye NV-
428 PM PDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM PDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3822 11591 3837 11564 3823 11555 3805 11544
      3805 11582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 243DEG 12KT 3823 11564 

$$

SS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 8:57 PM PDT	Excessive Heat Warning	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye	24 hr
Jul 12, 8:57 PM PDT	Heat Advisory	LKN	Elko	24 hr
Jul 13, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	37 min
Jul 13, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
Jul 13, 2:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
Jul 13, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
Jul 13, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 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.