A severe thunderstorm near Battle Mountain produced wind gusts to 67 MPH.
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A severe thunderstorm near Battle Mountain produced wind gusts to 67 MPH.
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 Jul 16, 1:18 PM PST, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 218 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2007 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY ON TUESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRUSH THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED CONVECTION ONGOING ATTM ALONG A SURFACE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. EXPECTING THE SCATTERED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE SOME OF IT FALLS APART. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAK SHORTWAVE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE AND THE LFQ OF AN ASSOCIATED 55KT JET STREAK WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NV TONIGHT AND SHOULD KEEP ISOLATED CONVECTION GOING IN SOME AREAS. BY TUESDAY...FLOW ALOFT TURNS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY IN ADVANCE OF H5 TROUGH APPROACHING WEST COAST...CAUSING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO GET SHOVED EASTWARD. HOWEVER...STILL SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY FOR MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS SHOW A MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT PUNCHING INTO NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH DEEP MIXING EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...RHS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND H7 WINDS PROGGED BETWEEN 25-30 KTS... WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY WITH ITS AXIS NEARING THE COAST LATE IN THE DAY. MODELS SHOW DRY AIR INVADING ALL OF OUR CWFA ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN VICINITY OF SURFACE FRONT. ALLOWED FOR SOME CLOUD COVER HERE WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION WILL BE SUNNY. EXPECTING A BREEZY TO WINDY DAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA AHEAD OF ADVANCING SURFACE FRONT/UPPER TROUGH AS DEEP MIXING ENSUES BY AFTERNOON. NOSE OF 105 KT JET PUSHES INTO NORTHWESTERN NV WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH H7 WINDS PROGGED TO BE IN THE 30 KT RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA AND H5 WINDS INCREASING TO 50-60 KTS ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY. AFTERNOON SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20-30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RHS...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL ZONES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MCGEE .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. UPPER LOW CENTER OFF WEST COAST SWINGS INTO NORTHERN CA WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRIVEN BY A 60 KT JET AT 500 MB. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO SUBSIDE IN THE EVENING HOURS AS UPPER LOW WEAKENS AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINS OVER CWA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. GFS PUSHES HIGH BACK INTO THE FOUR CORNER AREA OVER THE WEEKEND FOR RETURN TO MONSOON MOISTURE. TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S DURING THE PERIOD. HARMER && .AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY EAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN STORMS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO IFR. IN ADDITION... OUTFLOW WINDS FROM SOME STORMS MAYBE AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH. && .FIRE WEATHER...EXPECTING COVERAGE OF ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME ISOLATED BY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE HAVING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...ANY T-STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE WET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST ON TUESDAY AND BE CONFINED TO NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH...EXPECTING WINDS TO PICK UP ACROSS CENTRAL NV IN THE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WITH RHS FALLING BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THESE AREAS AS WELL...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR FW ZONES 455 AND 457. THE EARLY MORNING SHIFT WILL LIKELY NEED TO UPDATE THIS TO A RED FLAG WARNING WITH TOMORROW MORNINGS PACKAGE. AN UPPER TROUGH AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THESE FEATURE...EXPECTING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH MIN RHS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AS A RESULT OF THESE EXPECTED CONDITIONS... HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL ZONES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MCGEE && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FW ZONES 455 AND 457 FROM 11AM TO 9PM TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FW ZONES 451-452-454-455 AND 457 FROM 11AM TO 9PM WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY.
The Elko radar (KLRX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 67 MPH was reported by the Beacon Light RAWS site about 10 miles southeast of Battle Mountain.
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