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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
500 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
NVZ031-036-038-150045-
SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
500 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ELKO AND NORTH
CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM PDT...
AT 500 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLIN, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
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...
CARLIN, SOUTH AREA MINE, AND NORTH AREA MINE.
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.
LAT...LON 4071 11614 4073 11631 4101 11637 4100 11599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 180DEG 14KT 4086 11621
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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