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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Elko, NV

July 19, 2023Nye County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2023, 6:30 PM PDT for Nye County, Nevada. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2023, 6:30 PM PDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2023, 7:00 PM PDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Nye County, NV

The nearest sounding before it

Reno, NV (KREV), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2023-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Reno, NV at 00:00Z on 2023-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN30 min
Jul 19, 6:20 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN25 min
Jul 19, 10:49 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine26 min
Jul 20, 2:35 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningLKNElko4 days
Jul 20, 2:35 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryLKNElko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Nye3 days
Jul 20, 3:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN37 min
Jul 20, 3:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN30 min
Jul 20, 4:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN23 min
Jul 20, 4:35 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN25 min
Jul 20, 4:40 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNNye101 min
Jul 20, 4:40 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN35 min
Jul 20, 4:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko35 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.