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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 23, 2012

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 6:40 PM PDT. It was in force for 50 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 23, 2012, 6:40 PM PDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 7:30 PM PDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

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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 23, 3:30 PM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:30 PM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 6:05 AM PDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
605 AM PDT MON JUL 23 2012

NVZ030-031-033>041-241315-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
605 AM PDT MON JUL 23 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA HAVE ALLOWED FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. CURRENT
SHORT TERM MODELS ARE HINTING THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE...WITH
STORMS MOVING NORTH. STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS LIKE SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA...WHITE PINE...AND NORTHERN
NYE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN HIT WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. WHILE NOT WIDESPREAD...THESE STORMS
HAVE MOVED OVER THE SAME AREA SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE RELEASED
ROBUST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. WITH STORMS ONCE AGAIN FORECAST
IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. NORMALLY DRY WASHES
COULD FILL WITH WATER AND RUN ACROSS ROADWAYS...WHICH IF DRIVEN
THROUGH...COULD STALL A CAR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE
AFTERNOONS WITH GRADUALLY DECREASING COVERAGE FROM WEST TO EAST
TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:07 PM PDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:12 PM PDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:56 PM PDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:04 PM PDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:35 PM PDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:11 PM PDT, 2 hours 29 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 23, 6:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Nye	48 min
Jul 24, 12:34 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	2 hr
Jul 24, 3:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	29 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.