1 tornado, 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 Jun 24, 11:39 AM PST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1239 PM PDT THU JUN 24 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS MOISTURE AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVE ACROSS NEVADA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE CWA WITH UNDER- RUNNING MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON INSTABILITY STILL INTACT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PAC LOW MOVES INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND AND...IN RESPONSE...THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVES EASTWARD OVER UTAH AND BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS TO THE EASTERN CWA. HOWEVER...BY MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW OVR PAC NW MOVES EASTWARD...THE WEAK TROUGH OVER SRN CA REFORMS AND RETURNS US TO OUR CURRENT PATTERN. THIS SCENARIO SHOULD PRODUCE MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER BEGINNING MONDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MID WEEK. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SETTJE
The Elko radar (KLRX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Two off duty NWS employees saw small rope-like tornado approximately 5 miles north of the town of Lamoille. It appeared to be moving slowly towards the south.
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