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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Elko, NV

July 3, 2009Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 4:07 PM PDT for Nye County, White Pine County, Nevada. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 3, 2009, 4:07 PM PDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2009, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Nye County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

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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 Jul 3, 3:55 PM PDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:55 PM PDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:54 AM PDT, 11 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
454 AM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NVZ013-030>037-041200-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
454 AM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH
CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ESPECIALLY FROM ELKO
COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NEVADA MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA ON SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY. THEREAFTER...
A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING IMPROVING CONDITIONS TO ALL BUT
NORTHEAST NEVADA SUNDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FOR MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:40 PM PDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1240 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NVZ037-032015-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
1240 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 115
PM PDT...

AT 1239 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3958 11624 3946 11604 3933 11633 3939 11641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 222DEG 8KT 3941 11631

JM

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:04 PM PDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
104 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NVZ035-037-032030-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE
COUNTY NV-
104 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN WHITE PINE AND
EASTERN EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM PDT...

AT 103 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EUREKA AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUREKA AND HIGHWAY
50.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3974 11581 3959 11570 3949 11611 3956 11614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 245DEG 15KT 3956 11602

JM

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:32 PM PDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
132 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NVZ031-032100-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
132 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM PDT...

AT 131 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWYHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OFNORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4191 11669 4185 11644 4161 11654 4165 11672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 190DEG 10KT 4172 11664

JM

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:01 PM PDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
301 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

NVZ031-032230-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
301 PM PDT FRI JUL 3 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
PDT...

AT 259 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OFNORTHERN ELKO COUNTY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4179 11582 4158 11584 4156 11612 4168 11616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 253DEG 13KT 4163 11605

JM

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:51 PM PDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:55 PM PDT, 12 minutes before

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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 2, 5:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		22 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 2, 6:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 3, 11:58 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 3, 12:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Humboldt	25 min
Jul 3, 12:28 PM PDT	Tornado Warning	LKN	Humboldt	32 min
Jul 3, 12:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 3, 12:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko, Humboldt	25 min
Jul 3, 1:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	26 min
Jul 3, 1:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 3, 1:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Eureka, White Pine	34 min
Jul 3, 2:14 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	White Pine	31 min
Jul 3, 2:46 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	White Pine	28 min
Jul 3, 3:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Jul 3, 3:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	23 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	31 min
Jul 3, 3:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		24 min
Jul 3, 4:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 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.