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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 5, 2012

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 3:05 PM PDT. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 5, 2012, 3:05 PM PDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 3:45 PM PDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 Jul 5, 3:50 AM PDT, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:50 AM PDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:05 PM PDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
305 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2012

NVZ035-037-041-052245-
NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA
COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV-
305 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA...
NORTHEASTERN NYE AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM PDT...

AT 300 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HICKISON SUMMIT TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUCKWATER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...
  RURAL WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3952 11619 3885 11532 3872 11562 3923 11651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 240DEG 7KT 3923 11644 3884 11557

PJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		23 min
Jul 5, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	28 min
Jul 5, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		40 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 5, 4:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	30 min
Jul 5, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.