Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Elko, NV

985 
WWUS55 KLKN 122249
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
349 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVC011-033-122315-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-140812T2315Z/
WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV-
349 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM PDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES...

AT 344 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 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTERN DIAMOND VALLEY...
  DIAMOND MOUNTAINS...

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 3956 11602 3987 11590 3979 11567 3950 11587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 204DEG 18KT 3970 11588

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060 
WWUS55 KLKN 122311
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
411 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVC011-033-122321-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-140812T2315Z/
WHITE PINE NV-EUREKA NV-
411 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EUREKA AND WEST
CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM PDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3956 11602 3987 11590 3979 11567 3950 11587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 204DEG 18KT 3980 11582

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
144 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS MOST OF NEVADA INTO THIS EVENING...WITH STORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND SOME HAIL. STORM ACTIVITY
DIMINISHES TONIGHT...THEN INCREASES AGAIN WEDNESDAY OVER CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NEVADA. STORM ACTIVITY DECREASES WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ARE DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH CONTINUE THE TREND OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH. WILL KEEP THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING INTO THIS EVENING. DUE TO INCREASES SHEAR
AND DECENT CAPE...SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE. DRIER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST WILL BRING AN
END TO THUNDERSTORMS OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. STORM
ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE TOMORROW OVER SOME OF CENTRAL NEVADA
TOO...HOWEVER EASTERN NEVADA WILL REMAIN ACTIVE. LESS SHEAR
TOMORROW HOWEVER...SO WHILE STORMS WILL REMAIN WET...THE THREAT OF
SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH. DRYING CONTINUES FROM WEST TO EAST ON
THURSDAY...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
ACROSS EXTREME NORTH-EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND SOUTHEASTERN WHITE
PINE COUNTY.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. THE LONG
TERM MODELS ARE IN GOOD GENERAL AGREEMENT...PERHAPS A FEW MILES
OFF ON POSITIONING OF THE UPPER LOW AT THE ONSET OF THE LONG
TERM PERIOD. THIS UPPER LOW WILL BE THE INITIAL IMPETUS BEHIND
KICKING THE MOIST FLOW OUT OF THE AREA. MODELS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY
INFERRING A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW DROPS
IN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND HANGS ALONG THE PACIFIC COASTAL
REGION. AT THIS TIME...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
ALONG THE NEVADA AND UTAH BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
OTHERWISE MODELS ARE NOT INDICATING INSTABILITY THEREAFTER...SO
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH.

&&

.AVIATION...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NEVADA. KWMC KEKO KELY AND KTPH WILL ALL BE AFFECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KEKO AND ELY ARE EXPECTED TO BE
IMPACTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
SEVERE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KTS...HAIL OVER ONE-HALF INCH...AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISHES TO
ISOLATED OR SCATTERED OVERNIGHT. STORM ACTIVITY INCREASES OVER
EASTERN ZONES WEDNESDAY...WITH THE BULK OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
CENTERED OVER ZONES 470 455...AS WELL AS EASTERN 457 AND 454. DRY
AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PUSH WIND/RH TO NEAR CRITICAL LEVELS OVER
ZONE 467 AND POSSIBLY 468. BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN TO AT LEAST 7000
FEET...POSSIBLY REACHING VALLEY AREAS BY MID AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAINS IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS HAVE
RESULTED IN VERY LOW ERC VALUES. AS SUCH...DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE A
HEADLINE FOR WIND/RH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH WIND/RH LEVELS NOT
BEING MUCH BETTER THAN BORDERLINE.

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN
NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1245 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVZ037-122015-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
1245 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 115
PM PDT...

AT 1243 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF HICKISON SUMMIT...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 AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 50...

&&

LAT...LON 3973 11655 3955 11615 3934 11648 3942 11658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 212DEG 23KT 3947 11651

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
117 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVZ033-035-039-122045-
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE
COUNTY NV-
117 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE PINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM PDT...

AT 111 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAGES JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   CURRIE...LAGES JUNCTION...US HIGHWAY 93 NEAR LAGES JUNCTION AND
US HIGHWAY 93 ALTERNATE BETWEEN LAGES JUNCTION AND WENDOVER.

&&

LAT...LON 4081 11469 4067 11407 3976 11405 3950 11429
      3999 11488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 207DEG 30KT 4007 11462

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
124 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVZ036-038-122100-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO
COUNTY NV-
124 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN EUREKA AND SOUTHERN ELKO
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM PDT...

AT 121 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EMIGRANT PASS TO
PINE VALLEY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   PINE VALLEY...
   CARLIN...

&&

LAT...LON 4086 11604 4046 11591 4039 11617 4078 11634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 270DEG 0KT 4067 11623 4041 11612

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
241 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVZ035-122245-
WHITE PINE COUNTY NV-
241 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL
345 PM PDT...

AT 236 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PARTOUN TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BASIN NATION...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE OVER MOST OF EASTERN WHITE
PINE COUNTY.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   SACRAMENTO PASS...
   THE CITY OF ELY...

&&

LAT...LON 3871 11455 3872 11498 3895 11532 4010 11447
      4010 11407 3963 11403 3937 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 302DEG 5KT 3950 11414 3919 11439

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
311 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     HAIL             ELKO                    40.83N 115.77W
08/12/2014  M1.25 INCH       ELKO               NV   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1 TO 1.25 INCH HAIL IN ELKO. PICTURES
            WERE SENT THAT VERIFIED THE SIZE OF THE HAIL.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
316 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

NVZ031-034-038-039-122300-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE
NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-
316 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM
PDT...

AT 314 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLOVER VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   ANGEL LAKE...
   WELLS...
   MOOR SUMMIT...
   CLOVER VALLEY AND RUBY VALLEY...

&&

LAT...LON 4170 11484 4153 11436 4094 11456 4044 11511
      4054 11535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 208DEG 35KT 4089 11500

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