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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

August 17, 2021

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2021, 7:53 PM PDT. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2021, 7:53 PM PDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2021, 8:30 PM PDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 55

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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: 3427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 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 Aug 17, 5:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 5:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:53 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
753 PM PDT Tue Aug 17 2021

NVZ035-180330-
White Pine County NV-
753 PM PDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern White
Pine County through 830 PM PDT...

At 753 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Garrison, or 12 miles south of Baker, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern White
Pine County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 11417 3882 11426 3894 11405 3875 11405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 239DEG 46KT 3885 11405

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 10:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	34 min
Aug 17, 11:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Aug 18, 1:35 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 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.