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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

August 2, 2021

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 5:21 PM PDT. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2021, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 5:45 PM PDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WWUS85 KLKN 030021
SPSLKN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
521 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
NVZ037-030045-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County NV-
521 PM PDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM PDT...

At 520 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles southwest of New Pass Summit, moving northeast at 5 mph.

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

This storm will pass over the Desatoya Mountains and near Gold 
Springs on US Highway 50.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3926 11760 3929 11766 3940 11764 3932 11744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 211DEG 6KT 3932 11759 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 5:02 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNLander3 hr
Aug 2, 5:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN28 min
Aug 2, 6:16 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNHumboldt116 min
Aug 3, 9:28 AM PDTFire Weather WatchLKNHumboldt28 hr

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.