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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Elko, NV

June 26, 2024Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2024, 4:49 PM PDT for Elko County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 26, 2024, 4:49 PM PDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2024, 5:30 PM PDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elko County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2024-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2024-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WUUS55 KLKN 262349
SVRLKN
NVC007-033-270030-
/O.NEW.KLKN.SV.W.0021.240626T2349Z-240627T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Elko NV
449 PM PDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern White Pine County in northeastern Nevada...
  South central Elko County in northeastern Nevada...

* Until 530 PM PDT.

* At 448 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ruby Lake,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ruby Lake, Harrison Pass, and Franklin Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4009 11546 4020 11564 4054 11544 4033 11506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 221DEG 32KT 4023 11548 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko30 min
Jun 26, 12:41 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN34 min
Jun 26, 12:48 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN27 min
Jun 26, 12:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN24 min
Jun 26, 1:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine28 min
Jun 26, 1:49 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNWhite Pine3 hr
Jun 26, 2:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN25 min
Jun 26, 2:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine36 min
Jun 26, 2:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine33 min
Jun 26, 2:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN30 min
Jun 26, 2:37 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka23 min
Jun 26, 2:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine29 min
Jun 26, 2:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN44 min
Jun 26, 2:49 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNWhite Pine3 hr
Jun 26, 2:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine47 min
Jun 26, 3:08 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, White Pine37 min
Jun 26, 3:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNWhite Pine34 min
Jun 26, 3:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN30 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka33 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN33 min
Jun 26, 3:54 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNEureka3 hr
Jun 26, 4:27 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, Eureka, White Pine33 min
Jun 26, 4:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka29 min
Jun 26, 4:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN48 min
Jun 26, 4:45 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNLander30 min
Jun 26, 4:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNEureka, White Pine47 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.