1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:00 PM PST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2001 SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING SOUTHWEST FLOW TO THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING DRY WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SHORT TERM...WV IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER DISTURBANCE IN EASTERN PACIFIC WHICH WILL MOVE ONTO NORTHERN CA COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO NW NV IN THE EARLY EVENING. HAVE JET SUPPORT WITH THIS FEATURE AND AM CONCERNED MODELS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING DYNAMICS WITH THIS FEATURE. VORT FEATURE HAS SHEARED OUT SLIGHTLY BUT WILL KEEP POPS ACROSS MOST OF CWFA TONIGHT WITH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE. CURRENTLY IN CWFA ARE SEEING CLOUDS BUILD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NV WITH LIGHTLY ALONG SOUTHERN EDGE OF CWFA. CONVECTION TAKING LONGER TO FIRE TODAY WITH SLIGHT CAP AT 650MB...BUT GIVEN WARMING TODAY EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BLOSSOM SOON. SAT IMAGERY SHOWING DRIER MID-LEVEL AIR OVER CWFA...BUT BELIEVE MODELS BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE IN DRYING OUT REGION GIVEN HOW WEAK SW FLOW IS. UPPER HIGH BEGINNING TO ELONGATE INTO EASTERN PACIFIC WHICH WILL END MONSOON FETCH AND BRING SW FLOW TO THE GREAT BASIN. BUT WITH FLOW SO WEEK WILL KEEP ISOLATED POPS ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF ZONES TOMORROW GIVEN INSTABILITY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DECENT INSTABILITY ACROSS FAR EAST-SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CWFA WEDNESDAY AND WITH LACK OF SPEED IN SW FLOW TO SCOUR THINGS OUT EXPECT ENOUGH MOISTURE TO REMAIN OVER FAR EAST ON WEDNESDAY TO WARRANT ISOLATED CHANCE. LOW LEVEL TEMPS SLOWLY WARM OVER NEXT 48 HOURS AND WILL WARM UP TEMPS SLIGHTLY OVER NEXT COUPLE DAYS. EXTENDED...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING UPPER HIGH OVER SOUTHWEST WITH SLOW EVOLUTION INTO MORE CLASSIC UPPER HIGH SOUTH OF FOUR CORNERS LATE SUNDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALSO BRINGING UPPER LOW...NOW NEAR 140W AND 50N...TOWARDS MAINLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON DEPTH OF TROUGH AND POSITION OF UPPER HIGH WILL NEED TO WATCH LOW LEVEL FLOW AND SUBSEQUENT MOISTURE FETCH TO NEVADA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WILL KEEP ALL OF EXTENDED DRY FOR NOW. FEHRN .EKO...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
White Pine County sheriff reported flash flooding at the intersection of Cherry Creek road and Highway 93.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, August 2001
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