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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Elko, NV

August 13, 2026Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 2:14 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2026, 2:14 PM PDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2026, 2:30 PM PDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2026-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2026-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 1:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 1:06 PM PDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:02 AM PDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
1102 AM PDT Thu Aug 13 2026

NVZ037-131830-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County NV-
1102 AM PDT Thu Aug 13 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY
THROUGH 1130 AM PDT...

At 1102 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Austin, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3938 11689 3941 11698 3962 11696 3954 11670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 204DEG 13KT 3947 11690

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

94
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:27 AM PDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
1127 AM PDT Thu Aug 13 2026

NVZ035-037-131900-
Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County NV-
White Pine County NV-
1127 AM PDT Thu Aug 13 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN WHITE PINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH NOON PDT...

At 1126 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
about 10 miles south of Pinto Summit, moving to the northeast at
around 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of western White Pine
and southeastern Eureka Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3921 11598 3929 11608 3939 11592 3932 11577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 229DEG 12KT 3930 11597

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:12 PM PDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 11:02 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNLander28 min
Aug 13, 11:27 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN33 min
Aug 13, 11:38 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNNye37 min
Aug 13, 11:58 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko, White Pine32 min
Aug 13, 12:20 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningLKNLander6 hr
Aug 13, 1:09 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNNye, White Pine36 min
Aug 13, 1:43 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLKNElko32 min
Aug 13, 2:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka33 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.