1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT MON JUL 26 2004 .SYNOPSIS...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA EARLY IN THE WEEK...BRINGING A DECREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY SEEING SOLID CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS ELKO COUNTY WITH SOME SHOWERS AND TSTORMS NOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NV AS S/WV MOVES THROUGH ID ATTM. WILL CONTINUE WITH ISO/SCT COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING AS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO AID CONVECTIVE FOCUS THIS EVENING. WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN ERN PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE NW FLOW OVER THE REGION WHICH WILL SLOWLY PUSH CONVECTIVE FOCUS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NV OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS PROBABLY STILL BEING TOO QUICK IN DRYING OUT CWFA AND WILL CONTINUE WITH CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. BIGGEST CONCERN IS WITH SLOW DRYING THAT TSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE DRY IN NATURE AS MOISTURE LEVEL SLOWLY RISES IN MID LEVELS. DO NOT SEE MUCH VARIATION IN TEMPS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WILL GO WITH A FAIRLY PERSISTENT FORECAST HERE. FOR EXTENDED...MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN SPEED AND INTENSITY OF TROF MOVING INTO ERN PAC LATE IN THE WEEK. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP...A SLIGHT CHANCE AT THAT...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEVADA GIVEN NATURAL LLVL CONVERGENCE AND NW FLOW OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK WITH THE WEEKEND MAINLY DRY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && FEHRN
The Elko radar (KLRX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds blew tree down into power lines on east side of town.
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