Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Elko, NV

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WGUS75 KLKN 100344
FFSLKN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
844 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2008

NVC023-100355-
/O.CAN.KLKN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080910T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NYE NV-
844 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL NYE
COUNTY...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN IN TONOPAH EARLIER HAS 
WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. NO FLASH FLOODING 
HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING...PLEASE 
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICE WITH THE REPORT AND THEY WILL 
FORWARD IT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3825 11718 3814 11694 3804 11703 3805 11705
      3804 11721 3813 11732

$$

JMG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
157 PM PDT TUE SEP 9 2008

.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LOW OVER CALIFORNIA WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES COOLING TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO THE AREA BY THE WEEKEND FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER LOW OVER CALIFORNIA
WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEVADA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AIRMASS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH -2 LI
OVER THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...WITH A GOOD UPPER DIFFLUENCE IN
FAVORABLE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE H5 UPPER LOW...THINKS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. A SECOND LOW MOVES INTO
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NV WEDNESDAY SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF AFTN TSTMS
ALONG UTAH-NV BORDER. TEMPERATURES LOWERING TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES
WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS CWA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
ANOTHER LOW DROPPING SOUTH FROM IDAHO. REST OF CWA...MAINLY ELKO
WESTWARD BE UNDER STABLE AND DRIER AIRMASS. DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS
MOVES OVER ENTIRE CWA THURSDAY AS UPPER LOW KICKS EAST AND RIDGE
BUILDS ALONG WEST COAST. HARMER
&&

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...QUIET WEATHER
PATTERN EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST WITH ALL
LONG RANGE MODELS SHOWING A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE AXIS ALONG THE
PACIFIC COASTLINE. MODEL SHOW SOME COOLER AIR OVER THE GREAT BASIN
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT. LOW TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE SEASONABLY COOL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING AND DRY CONDITIONS. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
NEAR NORMAL AND GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. WEAK
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH DRY CONDITIONS AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS BUILDS ALONG THE
COAST...AND SLOWLY DRIFTS OVER THE GREAT BASIN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
MODELS DO SHOW SOME LOW TO MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PUSHING INTO CNTRL AND
NW NV BY TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BACKS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
AHEAD OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE CALIF COASTLINE. PREVIOUS
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK SO MADE ONLY A FEW CHANGES TO TEMPS.
EXTENDED COVERAGE OF SLT CHC TSTORMS FOR TUESDAY ACROSS CNTRL NV
SINCE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ADVECTION OF THIS MOISTURE
INTO THE AREA. MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S
BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LOWS MODERATING INTO THE 40S AS WELL. TT
&&

.AVIATION...WIDELY SCT SHOWERS AND TSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST RISK OF TSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS
EAST CNTRL NV AROUND KELY. CIGS HAVE ALREADY LOWERED TO NEAR 6K FEET
AGL AT ELY AROUND NOON AND MAY LOWER TO 4-5K FEET AGL BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. CAN NOT RULE OUT A STRAY TSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF
TONOPAH AND ELKO AS WELL. ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED NEAR TSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH AND WEST.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND EXTREME EASTERN NV
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN
A DRIER AND STABLE AIRMASS TO WESTERN NV OVERNIGHT PUSHING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE BY THURSDAY. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME
LOCALLY GUSTY TO 25 TO 30 MPH. RHS WILL REMAIN LOW WHERE NO WETTING
RAINS ARE EXPECTED. DRIER AIRMASS PUSH ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON
THURSDAY.
&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.