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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Elko, NV

July 8, 2026Elko County, Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2026, 3:01 PM PDT for Elko County, Nevada. It was in force for 10 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: Jul 8, 2026, 3:01 PM PDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2026, 3:11 PM PDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Elko, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Elko County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 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 Jul 8, 2:31 PM PDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:31 PM PDT, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:35 PM PDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:36 PM PDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:46 PM PDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:47 PM PDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:49 PM PDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:59 PM PDT, 2 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
Jul 7, 5:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jul 7, 5:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		42 min
Jul 7, 6:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		36 min
Jul 7, 7:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		39 min
Jul 7, 7:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		32 min
Jul 8, 11:42 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		33 min
Jul 8, 12:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	32 min
Jul 8, 12:49 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	41 min
Jul 8, 1:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Jul 8, 1:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LKN	Elko	51 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	LKN	Elko	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	36 min
Jul 8, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		37 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 8, 2:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		24 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		30 min
Jul 8, 2:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Jul 8, 2:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		25 min
Jul 8, 2:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		24 min
Jul 8, 2:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		29 min
Jul 8, 2:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 8, 2:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		26 min
Jul 8, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 8, 3:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		35 min
Jul 8, 3:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		31 min
Jul 8, 3:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		33 min
Jul 8, 4:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN		28 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	LKN	Elko	36 min

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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.