1 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 May 1, 3:13 PM PST, 8 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 413 PM PDT MON MAY 1 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEMS WILL PUSH ACROSS NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEK BRINGING ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON ...MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA...AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WEAK TROF MOVING THRU THE FA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED TSTMS EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER. MAINLY QUIET WEATHER THRU MIDWEEK. DRY ZONAL FLOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BACKS GRADUALLY TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS TROF DEVELOPS ALONG THE WEST COAST. GFS HAS TROF MOVING ACROSS FA THURSDAY. EC IS ABOUT A PERIOD SLOWER...WITH TROF THURSDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CENTRAL HIGHLAND CONVERGENCE AND A WEAK WAVE MOVING OVERHEAD. PRECIP CHANCE WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE TROF. TEMPS WILL COOL OFF A TOUCH THRU THURSDAY DUE THE SERIES OF WAVES MOVING THRU. WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST. REA .LONG TERM....THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...12Z GFS MOVES H5 TROUGH EASTWARD THROUGH NV THURS NIGHT...BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS TO REGION ON THURS AND FRI...MOISTURE AND THREAT OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALSO GO WITH IT. NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE ENTERS THE PACIFIC NW ON SATURDAY..ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT IS ORIENTED ALONG 561DM THICKNESS AND WILL DIP SOUTH TO I-80 CORRIDOR BEFORE MAIN JET ENERGY PASSES TO EAST AND FRONT LIFTS SLIGHTLY TO NORTH ON TUESDAY. EXPECT THE GUSTY W-NW WINDS TO PICK UP SAT EVENING...HOWEVER... PRECIP IS NOT FORECASTED UNTIL SUNDAY AFTN. RAISED POPS TO REFLECT INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF RAIN SHOWERS/TSTMS THROUGH MONDAY AM. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ALTHOUGH ECMWF HOLDS THE THURSDAY-FRIDAY TROUGH BACK FOR 24 HOURS. BOTH CONCUR ON MOVEMENT OF SHORT WAVE INTO PACIFIC NW ON SATURDAY AND INITIALLY JUST CLIPPING NRN NV. NEXT WEEK MAY BE INTERESTING...EXTENDED GFS SHOWS THIS TROUGH STRENGTHENING AND DIGGING SWARD INTO NV BY 10 MAY. GIBBS && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ACCURATELY COVERED BY TAFS AND TWEBS. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN NORTHERN NEVADA...INCLUDING THE HUMBOLDT RIVER FROM PALISADE TO WINNEMUCCA...THE MARYS...BRUNEAU...AND OWYHEE RIVERS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Portions of the road to the Tabor Creek Campground were washed out by floodwaters.
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