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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Elko, NV

July 14, 2021Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 2:38 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 37 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 14, 2021, 2:38 PM PDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2021, 3:15 PM PDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Nye County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 235 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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: 3136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

127 
WUUS55 KLKN 142138
SVRLKN
NVC023-142215-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0007.210714T2138Z-210714T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
238 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

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

* Until 315 PM PDT.

* At 238 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Duckwater,
  moving southeast at 15 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...
  Duckwater and Currant. 

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
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 11581 3899 11566 3886 11534 3885 11531
      3864 11562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 316DEG 12KT 3888 11567 

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

90

1 follow-up statement

459 
WWUS55 KLKN 142157
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
257 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021

NVC023-142215-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210714T2215Z/
Nye NV-
257 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...

At 256 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Duckwater, moving southeast at 15 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...
Duckwater and Currant. 

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
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 11581 3899 11566 3886 11534 3885 11531
      3864 11562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 316DEG 12KT 3884 11561 

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
Jul 14, 1:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 14, 2:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 14, 2:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 14, 2:31 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye, White Pine	59 min
Jul 14, 3:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	31 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Nye	52 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.