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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Elko, NV

July 15, 2021Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 2:46 PM PDT for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2021, 2:46 PM PDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 3:30 PM PDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

023 
WUUS55 KLKN 152146
SVRLKN
NVC023-033-152230-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0009.210715T2146Z-210715T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
246 PM PDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Nye County in south central Nevada...
  Southwestern White Pine County in northeastern Nevada...

* Until 330 PM PDT.

* At 245 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 19 miles east of Pinto Summit to 10 miles northwest
  of Duckwater, moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hamilton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3926 11513 3886 11553 3905 11590 3935 11564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 278DEG 29KT 3934 11558 3903 11583 

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

GB
2 follow-up statements
647 
WWUS55 KLKN 152210
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
310 PM PDT Thu Jul 15 2021

NVC023-033-152230-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210715T2230Z/
Nye NV-White Pine NV-
310 PM PDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM PDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES...

At 309 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 19 miles west of Ruth to 9 miles northeast of
Duckwater, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hamilton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 11515 3886 11553 3907 11589 3910 11585
      3932 11562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 278DEG 29KT 3931 11534 3900 11559 

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

SS
558 
WWUS55 KLKN 152224
SVSLKN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
324 PM PDT Thu Jul 15 2021

NVC023-033-152233-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210715T2230Z/
Nye NV-White Pine NV-
324 PM PDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM PDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms, so a Significant 
Weather Advisory will take the place of this warning.

LAT...LON 3925 11515 3886 11553 3907 11589 3910 11585
      3932 11562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 278DEG 29KT 3930 11521 3899 11546 

$$

SS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 1:18 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN27 min
Jul 15, 1:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN44 min
Jul 15, 2:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN24 min
Jul 15, 3:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN48 min
Jul 15, 4:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN44 min
Jul 15, 4:25 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN50 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.