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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Elko, NV

August 18, 1999Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1999, 7:08 PM PDT for Eureka County, Lander County, Nevada. It was in force for 62 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 18, 1999, 7:08 PM PDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 1999, 8:10 PM PDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 18, 2:00 PM PDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:00 PM PDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
200 PM PDT WED AUG 18 1999

ABUNDANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS BUBBLED INTO LOTS OF TOWERING
CUMULUS AND EVEN SOME CUMULONIMBUS. VERY DRY LOWER LEVELS IS
ABSORBING THE SHOWERS MAKING FOR SOME NICE LOOKING VIRGA VISTAS.
DOWNBURSTS FROM THE VIRGA IS CAUSING AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS TO 30
MPH. EVEN A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO HAS BEEN NOTED OVER OUR CWA.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO OREGON AND IDAHO. THUS...WILL
KEEP ISOLATED POPS IN ALL OUR ZONES TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNS TOMORROW. MUCH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR
SPREADS OVER MOST OF THE STATE. THE EXCEPTION IS THE EXTREME
EASTERN PORTION. THIS TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SO WHITE PINE
COUNTY WILL SEE SOME MORE AFTERNOON CLOUDS WITH A POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL AS NO REAL COLD
FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH NEVADA FROM THE CURRENT LOW PRESSURE OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

XTDD...ANOTHER WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST
SATURDAY MOVES ONSHORE TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
FLOW BECOMES SOUTHERLY OVER NEVADA TO RAISE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN. DRY SATURDAY...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.  SARGE

.EKO...NONE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:12 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.