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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
539 PM PDT TUE MAY 5 2026
NVZ036-060115-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
539 PM PDT TUE MAY 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LANDER AND
NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM PDT...
AT 537 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DUNPHY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. MODERATE TO
HEAVY HAIL SHOWERS MAY RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLICK ROADS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEOWAWE AND DUNPHY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4091 11644 4082 11623 4052 11637 4067 11673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 031DEG 18KT 4075 11644
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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