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 25, 11:09 AM PST, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1209 PM PDT FRI JUN 25 2004 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WARM TEMPERATURES TO THE GREAT BASIN...WITH A RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATED...RADAR AND SAT PIC SHOW RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS OVER WHITE PINE...NORTHERN NYE...SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA...AND SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTIES. NEARLY 100 LIGHTNING STRIKES BY NOON. UPDATED TO INCREASES POPS AND TSTM COVERAGE FROM ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND TO ADD GUSTY CONVECTIVE WINDS. .PREV DISCUSSION...CURRENT WEAK RIDGING PATTERN CONTINUES OVER EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH LATTER PART OF WEEKEND. AFTERNOON CONVECTION POSSIBLE TODAY OVER ALL ZONES...WITH GRADUAL DAILY SHIFT OF CONVECTION EAST OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TODAY THINK COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL BE GREATER OVER NORTHERN ZONE 31. GOOD DIV COUPLET SHOWING UP IN NE NV. RETAINED ISOLATED TS WORDING. SOME SITES OVER ZONE 31 RECEIVED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN .1 INCH OF PRECIPITATION YESTERDAY. LOWER LEVELS ARE MOISTENING. FOCUS ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY WILL BE NE CORNER OF ZONE 31 WITH INCREASED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. TROF PUSHES SOUTH BEHIND SIERRAS BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND. 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 A SIMILAR PATTERN AS NOW. MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK INSTABILITY APPEARS TO BE MAINLY FOCUSED OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WHITWORTH
The Elko radar (KLRX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained weather spotter reported a rope-like tornado.
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