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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
351 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2026
NVZ036-038-162315-
SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
351 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ELKO AND NORTHERN
EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM PDT...
AT 351 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES NORTH OF CARLIN, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE
LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE
TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN ELKO
AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 4083 11600 4079 11619 4097 11623 4098 11600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 177DEG 10KT 4088 11610
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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