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 9, 2:30 AM PST, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 330 AM PDT FRI JUN 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA TODAY. MOST AREAS OF THE GREAT BASIN WILL BE DRY OVER THE WEEKEND. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... WITH AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF PRECIP SINCE MIDNIGHT AT ELY. THESE SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST INTO UTAH THIS MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL JET...ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW MOVING INTO THE PAC NW...WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES OVER THE GREAT BASIN LATER TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA INTO THIS EVENING. MODELS HAD BEEN KEEPING THE GREAT BASIN DRY SATURDAY... HOWEVER LATEST RUN KEEPS 50-55KT JET AND SOME WEAK INSTABILITY OVER NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE POPS UP TO 10 PERCENT OR SO OVER THIS AREA SATURDAY...HOWEVER MAY HAVE TO ADD THUNDERSTORMS IF MODELS SOLUTIONS KEEP THIS JET AND INSTABILITY. ROOD .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DIG SOUTH OFF CA COAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY TO GIVE DRY AND WARMING CONDITIONS AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS OVER AREA. AS TROUGH REACHES MAX AMPLIFICATION...MAY SEE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO TOUCH OF A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR WESTERN CWFA MONDAY. INTEND TO TRIM POPS BACK A LITTLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY REGENERATES MONDAY AFTERNOON AS SOUTHERN BRANCH OF JET PULLS NORTH AND MERGES WITH NORTHERN FLOW OVER SOUTHWEST NV. STILL THINK CONVECTION SHOULD BE MAINLY OVER WESTERN NV MONDAY AS WELL. GFS HAS LOW BEGINNING TO EJECT TUESDAY AND MEAN 100KT UPPER JET FLOW CROSSES CWFA. ENOUGH MOISTURE GETS DRAWN UP AT THAT TIME TO SPREAD CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF THE CWFA. WILL ADJUST POPS UP A BIT OVER CENTRAL NV ON TUESDAY. MEAN TROUGH LINGERS OVER GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS UPPER FLOW LOSES KICKER AND BECOMES MORE ZONAL. AFTERNOON CONVECTION WED AND THUR WILL BE MAINLY OVER EASTERN NV. LW .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY...WITH MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO 3-5SM IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS FRIDAY...HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY IN WHITE PINE COUNTY AND FAR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE HUMBOLDT RIVER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND FOR LAMOILLE CREEK NEAR LAMOILLE.
The Elko radar (KLRX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:05 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A rope like tornado was observed and photographed over open country about 1 mile west of the Eureka Airport. No reports of damage were received.
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