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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:39 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:39 PM PDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 11:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
County Elko County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
873 WWUS85 KLKN 020539 SPSLKN Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Elko NV 1039 PM PDT Sun Aug 1 2021 NVZ034-038-039-020615- Southwest Elko County NV-South Central Elko County NV- Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range NV- 1039 PM PDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM PDT... At 1037 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms moving eastward off of the Ruby mountains. Small hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Clover Valley, Ruby Valley and Secret Pass. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4041 11525 4092 11524 4102 11495 4039 11494 TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 262DEG 32KT 4070 11502 $$ 90
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 39 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 25 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:10 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LKN | Elko | 10 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | LKN | Elko | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.