A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at the Winnemucca airport.
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A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 58 mph at the Winnemucca airport.
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 21, 1:00 PM PST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG CALIFORNIA COAST PUSHES ACROSS NORTHWEST NEVADA...RESULTING IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY THURSDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA SO WILL MAINLY FOCUS ON TODAY AND TOMORROW. UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR THE NRN CALIF COASTLINE IS BEGINNING TO EJECT NE AS AN OPEN WAVE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MODELS SHOWING THIS LOW BRUSHING NW NV TONIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A STRONG 80 KT JET ALOFT OVER WRN NV WITH PW/S OVER 1 INCH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT NRN NYE COUNTY. ALONG WITH HIGH PW/S...IMPRESSIVE THETA-E AXIS EXISTS OVER CNTRL AND NE NV WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON SO BELIEVE MODELS ARE INITIALIZING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED BL MOISTURE WELL TODAY. RADAR ALSO SHOWING RELATIVELY SLOW STORM MOTION WITH SOME CELL TRAINING ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS CNTRL AND NE NV. WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH TONIGHT...ALSO ADDED WHITE PINE COUNTY TO THE WATCH FOR MAINLY THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND WELL INTO THIS EVENING WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. WITH TSTORMS SHOWING SOME STRUCTURE...WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WITH HAIL APPROACHING 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THROUGH TONIGHT...INCREASED POPS UP TO 55 PCT...MAINLY ACROSS NW ZONES. MODELS THEN SHOW THE PACIFIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH QUICKLY MOVING NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA WITH DRYING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER NRN AND CNTRL NV. EXPECT ANY SHOWERS AND TSTORMS TO BE CONFINED TO NRN NV AND XTRM EAST CNTRL NV TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THIS DRY AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION. DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS TEMPS ARE EXPECTED INCREASE BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. TT .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SILVER STATE. THIS WILL KEEP A WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND CENTERS NEAR NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL TURN THE FLOW MORE SOUTH SOUTH WESTERLY AND ALLOW MONSOON MOISTURE TO ONCE AGAIN INFILTRATE THE THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO FLARE UP ONCE AGAIN... MAINLY IN THE NORMAL CENTRAL NEVADA CONVERGENCE ZONE AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA. HOW MUCH QPF WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE ACTUALLY MAKES IT INTO THE CWA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IPPI && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THERE IS ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP. GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHERN...AND WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY CHANGE TO IFR OVER VERY SHORT DISTANCES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY. DOWN AND SOME POSSIBLE MICROBURSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ALSO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY EXIST WELL AWAY FROM THEIR STORM OF ORIGIN. PILOTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY NUMEROUS AREAS OF LLWS AND TAKE CAUTION WILL OPERATING AIRCRAFT TODAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...MAIN FOCUS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING THREAT AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SO WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH WETTING RAINS SO NO DRY TSTORMS CONCERNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DRY AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION TOMORROW WITH DIMINISHING RISK OF TSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NVZ030>032-034>037 UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 510 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008 NVZ013-030>037-221200- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 510 PM PDT MON JUL 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH TONIGHT. ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. SLOW MOVING OR TRAINING STORM SYSTEMS WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE TONIGHT AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL MONSOON MOISTURE MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TT
The Elko radar (KLRX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Winnemucca airport.
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