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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

June 4, 2021

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2021, 4:43 PM PDT. It was in force for 32 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, 4:43 PM PDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2021, 5:15 PM PDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -432 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 4, 2:09 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:09 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:57 PM PDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:16 PM PDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:40 PM PDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:17 PM PDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
417 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NVZ036-038-042345-
Southwest Elko County NV-
Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County NV-
417 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO AND
NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM PDT...

At 416 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of storms south
of Carlin, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Carlin, Pine Valley, South Fork, Palisade and Emigrant Mine.

LAT...LON 4032 11601 4028 11626 4044 11646 4091 11600
      4062 11559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 205DEG 31KT 4063 11603

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:40 PM PDT, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
440 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NVZ036-038-050015-
Southwest Elko County NV-
Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County NV-
440 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO AND NORTH CENTRAL
EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM PDT...

At 439 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Emigrant Pass. this storm was nearly stationary,
moving slowly east.

Pea sized hail and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Carlin and South Area Mine.

LAT...LON 4070 11632 4086 11633 4093 11602 4067 11604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 288DEG 4KT 4075 11630

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:43 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
443 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NVZ033-039-050015-
Southeastern Elko County NV-South Central Elko County NV-
443 PM PDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM PDT...

At 442 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Pequop Summit, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oasis, Pequop Summit and Silver Zone Pass.

LAT...LON 4084 11475 4090 11482 4102 11483 4116 11448
      4091 11431 4085 11464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 245DEG 17KT 4096 11466

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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, 1:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		33 min
Jun 4, 2:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka, Lander	44 min
Jun 4, 3:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jun 4, 4:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jun 4, 4:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jun 4, 4:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 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.