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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
621 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

NVZ030-031-035>041-191915-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...JACKPOT...
WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL...BATTLE MOUNTAIN...
AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...
WELLS...RUBY VALLEY...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
621 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING THURSDAY MORNING OVER MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA...

A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM HAS PUSHED ASHORE IN THE NORTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES AND IS DRIVING A VERY COOL AIR MASS INTO THE REGION.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE DATE. THERE
IS A CHANCE FOR LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING TO REACH FREEZING
OR JUST ABOVE. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN VALLEYS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80...AND IN EASTERN NEVADA. LESS LIKELY WILL BE NORTHWESTERN AND IN
CENTRAL NEVADA. TEMPERATURES IN THESE LOCATIONS COULD STILL REACH THE
LOW TO MID 30S IN COLD PRONE VALLEYS. OF COURSE...THE COLD VALLEYS
OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY WILL DROP TO THE MID 20S.

THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE TEMPERATURE MODELS AND SO THERE IS A
BIT OF UNCERTAINTY. ALSO...THE TIMING...HEIGHT...AND THICKNESS OF
CLOUDS TONIGHT WILL DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES
OCCUR.

TO BE SAFE...THINK ABOUT COVERING GARDENS WHICH MAY BE SENSITIVE
TO FREEZING SUMMER TEMPERATURES.

$$

BB








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