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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

August 4, 2014Eureka County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2014, 1:19 PM PDT for Eureka 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
Aug 4, 2014, 1:19 PM PDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2014, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

County Eureka County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 4, 3:48 AM PDT, 9 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:48 AM PDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:15 PM PDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
115 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014

NVZ036-038-042045-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO
COUNTY NV-
115 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN EUREKA AND SOUTHERN ELKO
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM PDT...

AT 113 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JIGGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4030 11612 4046 11591 4027 11571 4015 11588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 136DEG 4KT 4027 11587

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:19 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
Aug 4, 1:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNEureka30 min
Aug 4, 1:20 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko25 min
Aug 4, 2:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKNElko28 min
Aug 4, 3:42 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNEureka3 hr
Aug 4, 3:45 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNElko, White Pine3 hr
Aug 4, 3:47 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNElko3 hr
Aug 4, 3:52 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNNye, White Pine3 hr
Aug 4, 3:54 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN36 min
Aug 4, 4:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN55 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementLKN27 min
Aug 4, 4:53 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLKNElko3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nevada, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.