A severe thunderstorm wind gust downed a large tree and tree limb in the city of Elko.
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A severe thunderstorm wind gust downed a large tree and tree limb in the city of Elko.
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 Jun 25, 2:05 PM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 305 PM PDT THU JUN 25 2009 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD ACROSS NEVADA ON SATURDAY RESULTING IN WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM...THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT HAS REMAINED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL ADVANCE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN...BRINGING INSTABILITY TO THE REGION AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. EXPECT CONVECTION THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY. PW/S WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW AND MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HIGH BASES...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS MATERIALIZING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE GFS AND NAM ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE ECMWF OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. WEAK FLOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM...WITH A FLAT RIDGE ACROSS THE SW U.S. AND A TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE PAC NW. WILL SEE SOME CU BUILD-UPS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO WEAK INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. POSSIBLE TO GET A FEW ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THAT REGION...HOWEVER WITH PW/S ONLY AROUND 0.5 AND CCL AT 525MB AND VERY DRY AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS...ANY GENERATED THUNDERSTORM WILL PROBABLY ONLY RESULT IN VIRGA. A SIMILAR SET UP FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...HOWEVER INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALSO EXPANDS INTO NORTHERN NEVADA FOR THE THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH ON TUESDAY WITH PW/S OVER CENTRAL NEVADA INCREASING TO AROUND 0.65 HOWEVER INSTABILITY IS ONCE AGAIN LIMITED. MAY BE ABLE TO GET A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIP OUT OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM OVER CENTRAL NEVADA. SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF MOISTURE PROGGED TO PUSH INTO NORTHERN NYE...WHITE PINE COUNTY AND AREAS OVER AND EAST OF THE RUBY MTS IN ELKO COUNTY WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. STRONG INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH VERY MOIST AIR OVER CENTRAL NEVADA THURSDAY COULD LEAD TO HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...ALONG WITH A NORTHERLY PUSH OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH MAXIMUM OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH. MOIST AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF A SHOWER AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT WILL BE WHITE PINE COUNTY. WILL SEE CLOUD BUILD-UPS OVER MAINLY JUST THE EASTERN HALF OF NEVADA ON FRIDAY. GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY IN THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN MAINLY ONLY ACROSS WHITE PINE AND EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN EARLY IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...RESULTING IN ENHANCED ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. MAIN THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HIGH BASES...AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF DRY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. AFTER THIS SYSTEM CLEARS OUT OF THE REGION...EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD BACK INTO THE SILVER STATE...RESULTING IN A WARMING AND DRYING TREND. IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO ARIZONA AND ONWARD TO NEVADA...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/96
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 600 AM PDT THU JUN 25 2009 NVZ013-030>037-261100- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 600 AM PDT THU JUN 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA FRIDAY. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The Elko radar (KLRX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large limb estimated 20 feet long and 8 inches in diameter down on the Chamber of Commerce property in Elko. Also, a large tree was downed across a culvert on Cedar Street in Elko.
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