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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

August 16, 20205 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 16, 2020, 2:15 PM PDT for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Aug 17, 2020, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 60 hr. 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 16, 2020, 2:15 PM PDT (21:15 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2020, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2020, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 2:15 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryLKNHumboldt, Nye3 days

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Nevada, 2020Every excessive heat warning in 2020

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.