Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Elko, NV

937 
WWUS55 KLKN 110040
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
540 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

NVC007-110100-
/O.CON.KLKN.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0100Z/
ELKO NV-
540 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM PDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...

AT 539 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDAS...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST
CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 11660 4163 11641 4141 11625 4134 11623
      4132 11655 4135 11680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 008DEG 27KT 4143 11655 

$$

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507 
WWUS55 KLKN 110058
SVSLKN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
558 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

NVC007-110107-
/O.EXP.KLKN.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0100Z/
ELKO NV-
558 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM PDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4167 11660 4163 11641 4141 11625 4134 11623
      4132 11655 4135 11680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 008DEG 27KT 4143 11655 

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
206 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

.SYNOPSIS...ROUND AFTER ROUND OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IS HERE TO
STAY FOR THE WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE AROUND WEDNESDAY AND
BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE MORE LIKE EARLY MARCH...WITH
SNOW POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND NORTHERN NEVADA
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RATHER DRAMATIC WARMING TREND SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN
COLORADO RIVER STARTING TO MOVE EAST. MODELS AGREE ON DEPICTING
THE LOW OPENING TO A BROAD WAVE BUT WRAPPING WEAK SPOKES AROUND
THE NORTH SIDE INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.
INSTABILITY MARGINAL BUT MOISTURE AMPLE. JUST WHEN A SHORT RIDGE
WOULD LIKE TO FORM OVER THE NORTHWEST CONUS...A PACIFIC LOW
APPROACHES THE COAST AND PUSHES IT OUT....GIVING US MOIST
SOUTHWEST FLOW. HENCE...POPS REMAIN IN PLACE WITH LITTLE
ADJUSTMENT THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BUT
OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA EACH AFTERNOON. SHOWERS CONTINUE
OFF AND ON AT NIGHT AND IN THE MORNINGS. WIND FIELD IS WEAK AND
DISJOINTED WITH SURFACE WINDS WANTING TO REVERT TO DRAINAGE OR
WEAK SOUTHWEST AND WINDS ABOUT 10K FEET AGL FROM THE NORTHEAST.
MOVEMENT OF STORMS/SHOWERS WILL THEREFORE BE SLOW. BRIEF HEAVY
SHOWERS POSSIBLE.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE
NECESSARY AS MODEL AGREEMENT REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH COLD TROUGH
LATE WEEK. THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES WITH SMALLER SCALE
SHORTWAVE FEATURES ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW AND POSSIBLE
MESOSCALE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AS UPPER LOW PROGRESSES
SLOWLY ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THU-FRI.

FOR TUESDAY NIGHT-WED, A COLD FRONT WILL BE WORKING INTO NORTHWEST
NV AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST AND 110+KT JET PUSHES
INTO NORTHERN CA. SHOWER COVERAGE SHOULD BE MINIMAL OVERNIGHT
TUESDAY INTO WED MORNING BUT INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS
CONVERGENCE INCREASES FROM CENTRAL-EASTERN NV WHERE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEST
OF THIS ZONE OF MAXIMUM CONVERGENCE, DRYING AND MORE STABLE AIR
MAY LIMIT CONVECTION INCLUDING I-80 FROM ELKO WESTWARD TO
WINNEMUCCA AND SOUTHWARD TOWARD AUSTIN WHERE GUSTY SOUTHWEST-WEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON ON TIGHTENING GRADIENT OVER
WESTERN NV.

COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ALL OF NORTHEAST NV BY THURSDAY
MORNING WITH COLD UPPER TROUGH MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION
THU-FRI. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AT ALL VALLEY FLOORS WITH SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS WHEN INSTABILITY
WILL BE GREATEST. ROADS SHOULD REMAIN WET FOR THE MOST PART DURING
DAYLIGHT HOURS BUT COULD ICE UP AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY PASSES ABOVE
5500 FEET AND ANYWHERE LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS OCCUR.
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COLDER THU-FRI WITH BRISK
NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS. THE COLD NORTHERLY FLOW WILL GRADUALLY
EASE WITH A WARMING TREND THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...WILL CONTINUE WITH PESKY UPPER LOW OVER ARIZONA WHICH
IS DRAWING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. ALL TAF SITES WILL SEE VCSH
WITH TEMPO -TSRA THROUGH THIS EVENING. TAPERING OFF TO VCSH/-SHRA
OVERNIGHT...THE TEMPO -TSRA MONDAY AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT SEVERE
GUSTY WINDS...BUT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE WITH SMALL HAIL
IN STRONGEST STORMS.

&&

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

98/87/98

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
501 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

NVZ031-110100-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
501 PM PDT SUN APR 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM PDT...

AT 458 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MOUNTAIN CITY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF MIDAS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AND RAINFALL COULD
BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDAS...TUSCARORA...WILSON RSERVOIR...CHICKEN CREEK SUMMIT AND MIDAS
MINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 11611 4122 11593 4124 11694 4178 11687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 358DEG 17KT 4166 11615 4177 11679

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