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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 15, 2022

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2022, 12:08 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: Jul 15, 2022, 12:08 PM PDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2022, 12:45 PM PDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 3226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 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 Jul 15, 11:13 AM PDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 11:13 AM PDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:18 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1018 AM PDT FRI JUL 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0426 PM     WILDFIRE         8 E BLUE EAGLE RANCH    38.52N 115.41W
07/14/2022                   NYE                NV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BLUE EAGLE WILDFIRE, NYE COUNTY CAUSE:
            NATURAL (LIGHTNING).

0525 PM     WILDFIRE         8 ESE BLUE EAGLE RANCH  38.49N 115.42W
07/14/2022                   NYE                NV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BEATY WILDFIRE, NYE COUNTY CAUSE: NATURAL
            (LIGHTNING).

&&

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:08 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
1208 PM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022

NVZ037-040-041-151945-
Northwestern Nye County NV-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County NV-
Northeastern Nye County NV-
1208 PM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022

...A cluster of strong thunderstorm will impact portions of
southeastern Lander, north central Nye and southwestern Eureka
Counties through 1245 PM PDT...

At 1204 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 12 miles west of Kingston, nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects, along with brief heavy rainfall.

Locations impacted include...
Hickison Summit, Gillman Springs, Kingston, Austin, Antelope Peak,
Bob Scott Summit and Railroad Pass.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3891 11638 3921 11750 3972 11714 3939 11621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 030DEG 10KT 3927 11731

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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
Jul 15, 12:56 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		49 min
Jul 15, 11:03 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	LKN	Nye, White Pine	10 hr
Jul 15, 12:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		41 min
Jul 15, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	27 min
Jul 15, 1:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka, Lander	43 min
Jul 15, 1:39 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka, Lander	3 hr
Jul 15, 1:49 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka	26 min
Jul 15, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka, Lander	48 min
Jul 15, 2:46 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Nye	3 hr
Jul 15, 2:52 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	23 min
Jul 15, 2:52 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Lander, Nye	23 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jul 15, 3:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 15, 3:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	48 min
Jul 15, 3:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Nye	15 min
Jul 15, 3:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 15, 3:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		27 min
Jul 15, 3:39 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	White Pine	36 min
Jul 15, 3:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	32 min
Jul 15, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		27 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	37 min
Jul 15, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	33 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	31 min
Jul 15, 4:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 15, 4:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		38 min
Jul 15, 4:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Lander	38 min
Jul 15, 4:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	45 min
Jul 15, 4:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	42 min
Jul 15, 4:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka, Lander, White Pine	62 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.