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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

October 4, 2011Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2011, 1:49 AM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 26 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: Oct 4, 2011, 1:49 AM PDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2011, 2:15 AM PDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 3, 11:55 PM PDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 11:55 PM PDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 5:35 PM PDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 4, 1:49 AM PDT, 0 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
Oct 4, 2:14 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	46 min
Oct 4, 3:01 AM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine	11 hr
Oct 4, 3:05 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	LKN	White Pine	40 hr
Oct 4, 2:30 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	LKN	Elko, Eureka, Lander, White Pine	36 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.