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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Elko, NV

July 14, 2021Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 3:14 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2021, 3:14 PM PDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2021, 3:45 PM PDT
In force: 31 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), 247 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 3:47 PM PDT	TSTM WND GST 57	Currant Creek, Nv, NV	A WIND GUST OF 57 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE CURRENT CREEK RAWS (ELEV. 5750 FT.) AT 3:47 PM PDT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.

671 
WUUS55 KLKN 142214
SVRLKN
NVC023-142245-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0008.210714T2214Z-210714T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

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

* Until 345 PM PDT.

* At 313 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 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...
  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 3871 11576 3889 11566 3879 11527 3853 11544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 295DEG 16KT 3876 11563 

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

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2 follow-up statements

840 
WWUS55 KLKN 142236
SVSLKN

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

NVC023-142245-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210714T2245Z/
Nye NV-
336 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL NYE COUNTY...

At 336 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
Blue Eagle Ranch, moving southeast at 20 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...
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 3871 11576 3889 11566 3879 11527 3853 11544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 295DEG 16KT 3872 11551 

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

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236 
WWUS55 KLKN 142242
SVSLKN

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

NVC023-142251-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210714T2245Z/
Nye NV-
342 PM PDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NYE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 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.  However gusty 
winds and moderate to heavy rain leading to localized flooding are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3871 11576 3889 11566 3879 11527 3853 11544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 295DEG 16KT 3872 11551 

$$

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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, 2:38 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.