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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

March 30, 2017

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2017, 3:03 AM PDT. It was in force for 42 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: Mar 30, 2017, 3:03 AM PDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2017, 3:45 AM PDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

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The Elko radar (KLRX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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 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 Mar 29, 3:39 PM PDT, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:39 PM PDT, 11 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 3:03 AM PDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
303 AM PDT THU MAR 30 2017

NVZ030-036-301045-
Humboldt County NV-
Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County NV-
303 AM PDT THU MAR 30 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT AND
NORTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM PDT...

At 302 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong showers
near Battle Mountain, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these showers as
they moves east along the I80 corridor.

Locations impacted include...
Battle Mountain,, I80, Argenta and Mule Canyon Reclamation Project.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4085 11667 4056 11667 4067 11713 4076 11714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 265DEG 22KT 4070 11703

JRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:16 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Mar 30, 8:38 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		52 min
Mar 30, 9:15 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	45 min
Mar 30, 9:43 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		47 min
Mar 30, 9:55 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Mar 30, 10:30 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	30 min
Mar 30, 10:35 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Mar 30, 11:12 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	33 min
Mar 30, 11:48 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	27 min
Mar 30, 12:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	White Pine	28 min
Mar 30, 1:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Mar 30, 1:52 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	25 hr

Nearby

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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.