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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 5, 2012Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 5:41 PM PDT for Eureka County, Nevada. It was in force for 34 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, 5:41 PM PDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 6:15 PM PDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Eureka County, NV

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The text

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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, 3:24 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:24 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
324 PM PDT THU JUL 5 2012

.SYNOPSIS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY WARM...APPROACHING 100
DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. ACTIVE ON RADAR THIS
AFTERNOON. LIGHTNING FIRST INITIATED OVER NORTHERN NYE COUNTY
AFTER NOON AND IS PREDOMINANTLY CONFINED TO THAT COUNTY AND WHITE
PINE COUNTY THUS FAR. PEA-SIZE HAIL CONFIRMED OVER SOUTHERN WHITE
PINE COUNTY ABOUT 230 PM PDT. SEVERAL STRIKES THUS FAR OVER
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND A COUPLE STRIKES NOTED OVER SOUTHERN
LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES AS STORMS BEGIN TO BACK-BUILD. MOSTLY
CLEAR OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS OF 3 PM. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS A DEFINED LINE OF CLOUDS STRETCHING FROM WILDHORSE IN ELKO
COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO GABBS IN NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. THE MONSOON FLOW
IS FOR REAL AND IS INCREASING IN COVERAGE EACH MODEL RUN.

SURELY EACH DAY WILL BE A DIFFERENT STORY BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL OF
EASTERN NEVADA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL
LIGHT UP WITH THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK. COVERAGE WILL VARY EACH DAY. OTHER THAN THAT...VERY WARM
DAYS WITH MILD NIGHTS.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PERIOD WILL
COMMENCE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEVADA WITH
SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO A
HIGHER PW ENVIRONMENT. RELATIVE TO HIGH DESERT STANDARDS...A SOUPY
AIR-MASS WILL BE ON TAP FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD...WITH PWS SURGING OVER
.75 OF AN INCH MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW. THE EC AND THE GFS ARE IN
REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL PATTERN. CONVECTION WILL BE
DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND PULSE-LIKE. PROGGED SKEW-T SOUNDING ARE
PROJECTING BASES BETWEEN 600MB TO 520MB. LITTLE...IF ANY QPF...WILL
HIT THE GROUND.

&&

.AVIATION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG OUTFLOWS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RADAR IS CURRENTLY BEING MONITORED
FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR THE TAF SITES. AT THIS TIME...VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY MOST OF NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERS NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA OF THE COUNTRY. A MIX OF WET
AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED.

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

92/97/97/92

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:08 PM PDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:41 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 5:08 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka37 min
Jul 5, 5:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN29 min
Jul 6, 12:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN37 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN50 min
Jul 6, 1:24 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN51 min
Jul 6, 2:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko29 min
Jul 6, 2:49 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN26 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN25 min

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Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2012Every 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.