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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV
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 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Eureka | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 29 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 37 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 50 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 51 min | |
| Jul 6, 2:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | Elko | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 2:49 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 26 min | |
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | LKN | 25 min |
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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.