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Special Weather Statement, NWS Elko, NV

July 1, 2021

NWS Elko, NV issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 11:12 AM PDT. It was in force for 33 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 1, 2021, 11:12 AM PDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2021, 11:45 AM PDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 Jul 1, 3:37 AM PDT, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:37 AM PDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:12 AM PDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Elko NV
1112 AM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

NVZ031-011845-
Northern Elko County NV-
1112 AM PDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
1145 AM PDT...

At 1110 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles south of Contact, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Elko
County, including US 93 between HD Summit and Contact.

LAT...LON 4146 11485 4152 11496 4161 11497 4176 11476
      4155 11459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 239DEG 49KT 4157 11484

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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 1, 12:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	36 min
Jul 1, 12:52 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Eureka	53 min
Jul 1, 1:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Eureka	46 min
Jul 1, 2:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		45 min
Jul 1, 3:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		34 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		48 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 1, 4:45 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LKN	Elko	111 min

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Sources

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