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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Elko, NV

August 13, 2015Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2015, 4:42 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2015, 4:42 PM PDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2015, 5:30 PM PDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 2:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:35 PM PDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:54 PM PDT, 48 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
Aug 12, 6:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	24 min
Aug 12, 7:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	30 min
Aug 13, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Aug 13, 3:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		36 min
Aug 13, 4:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nevada, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.