Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Elko, NV

880 
WWUS55 KLKN 012001
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
101 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

NVC007-012015-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120901T2015Z/
ELKO NV-
101 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM PDT
FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...

AT 100 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LAMOILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INTERSTATE 80 EAST OF ELKO IN RURAL CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4079 11548 4085 11559 4111 11544 4089 11517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 227DEG 24KT 4088 11547

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WWUS55 KLKN 012014
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
114 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

NVC007-012024-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120901T2015Z/
ELKO NV-
114 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 PM PDT...

THE STORM IS WEAKENING AND IS NO LONGER LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING 
SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 4079 11548 4085 11559 4111 11544 4089 11517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 227DEG 24KT 4094 11538

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
349 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA TODAY. DRIER AIR MOVING IN
FROM THE WEST WILL END THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL NEXT WEEK EXCEPT FOR A SMALL THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NEVADA EARLY THIS MORNING. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ASSOCIATED
WITH SHORT WAVE TROUGH TO OUR WEST WILL BEGIN TO PUSH MOISTURE TO
THE EAST TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED TO EASTERN
ELKO AND EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES BY LATE AFTERNOON. DRYING
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BY SUNDAY A DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE
SO HAVE REMOVED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE FORECAST FOR
SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT MONDAY VEERING TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW BY TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EXPANDS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FOR
THE GREAT BASIN THIS MEANS A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS ALONG WITH MORE
STABILITY. SHOULD SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY OVER ALL
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE
UP TO AROUND .65 INCHES OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY AND
COMBINE WITH LIFTED INDICES OF AROUND -1. THIS WILL RESULT IN
AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA...ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SIMILAR SITUATION FOR
THURSDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA TODAY. EASTERN AREAS WILL DRY OUT
AS WELL...BUT NOT UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IN
THE MEAN TIME...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AT KEKO AND KELY
LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...ENDING IN THE EARLY EVENING
AS MORE DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST
TODAY FOR DECREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. BY LATE
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOSTLY BE CONFINED TO
EASTERN ELKO AND EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES AND MAINLY ISOLATED
IN NATURE. THIS DRIER AIR WILL PUSH OUT ALL THE MOISTURE BY SUNDAY
FOR AN END TO THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL NEXT WEEK EXCEPT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
&&

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
851 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

NVZ035-011615-
WHITE PINE COUNTY NV-
851 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY
UNTIL 915 AM PDT...

AT 849 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEAR GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...

&&

LAT...LON 3868 11422 3873 11434 3903 11423 3891 11403
      3877 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 215DEG 23KT 3879 11420

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1135 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

NVZ035-011900-
WHITE PINE COUNTY NV-
1135 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL
NOON PDT...

AT 1131 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCGILL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY...

&&

LAT...LON 3978 11502 3951 11466 3941 11511 3948 11521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 227DEG 23KT 3956 11500

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1159 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

NVZ033-011930-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
1159 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
1230 PM PDT...

AT 1154 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WEST WENDOVER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER I-80 NEAR WEST
WENDOVER.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A MAIN
THREAT WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   WEST WENDOVER...

&&

LAT...LON 4059 11419 4066 11427 4090 11406 4087 11401
      4066 11403 4066 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 224DEG 25KT 4070 11412

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