Wind gusts to 58 mph were reported across northern Elko County. Minor structural damage was reported at Wild Horse.
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Wind gusts to 58 mph were reported across northern Elko County. Minor structural damage was reported at Wild Horse.
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 10, 5:53 AM PST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 653 AM PDT THU JUN 10 2010 .SYNOPSIS...MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT TODAY AS A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE SILVER STATE FROM WEST TO EAST. UNSETTLED WEATHER AND COOL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND AS A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY DRIFTS OVER NORTHERN NEVADA AND WOBBLES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AFTER SUNDAY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD EAST. && .UPDATE...SATELLITE LOOP SHOWING SHORTWAVE COMING INTO NORTHWEST NEVADA AT THIS TIME WITH CONVECTION ALREADY STARTING TO BREAKOUT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. LIGHTNING AND ECHOS CAN BE SEEN ON LIGHTNING PLOT/RADAR LOOP. HAVE UPDATED GRIDS THIS MORNING TO REFLECT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS LATEST GFS RUN HAS MUCH STRONGER SHORTWAVE COMING ACROSS. ALSO...INCREASED POP CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF FORECAST AREA TODAY...ALONG WITH INCREASED SPREAD IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. UPDATES WILL BE SENT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 311 AM / SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES DESCRIBES THE MAJORITY OF THE SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AT THIS TIME. THE EXCEPTION IS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA AS MID AND HIGH CLOUDS GRADUALLY MOVE EAST IN RESPONSE TO AN EXITTING UPPER LEVEL JET. OFF TO THE NORTHWEST CLOUD TOPS ARE COOLING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A POTENT VORTICITY MAXIMUM ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. THIS ENERGY AND FAIRLY LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE THE WEATHER MAKER FOR NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH MOVING THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL ENERGY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS NORTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN ELKO AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES....WHEREAS WINNEMUCCA AND ELKO MAY SEE LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. THERE IS A FAIRLY SHARP GRADIENT OF MOISTURE AND HAVE TRIED TO DEPICT THIS IN THE POP GRIDS FOR TODAY. WINDS WILL AGAIN BE BREEZY TO WINDY OUT OF THE WEST BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING AND CHANGING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A FAIRLY TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA. WITH THE FLOW BEING NORTHWEST...LOCALLY WINDIER LOCALES LIKE TONOPAH AND WEST WENDOVER MAY SEE STRONG EVENING WINDS...FROM 5 PM TO 10 PM...THAT MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT THIS SHOULD BE LOCALIZED. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE QUITE COOLER THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY AS COLD AIR FILTERS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. WITH THE COLD AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH...SOME LOCAL VALLEY AREAS MAY SEE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S...ESPECIALLY IF CLOUDS SCATTER OUT SOMEWHAT. UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 500MB TEMPERATURES ARE VERY COLD...ABOUT -20C TO -22C...AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE FAIRLY STEEP. ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL SET OFF INSTABILITY SHOWERS...BUT EXPECTING ACCUMULATIONS TO BE LIGHT. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL AGAIN BE WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL NOT BE MUCH WARMER. SATURDAY MORNING LOWS MAY ONCE AGAIN APPROACH THE MID TO UPPER 30S AS WELL. UPPER LOW SLOWLY TRIES TO TRACK EAST...BUT WILL NOT MAKE IT FAR. HAVE KEPT POPS HIGHEST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A RESULT. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. MEAN CUT-OFF LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN FOR THE WEEKEND...BEFORE TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WORKWEEK. MODEL GUIDANCE IS AVG...WITH SPREAD CONTINUING IN THE 500MB HEIGHT FIELDS FOR BOTH THIS WEEKENDS SYSTEM AND A POSSIBLE WEAK CLIPPER NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD BELOW AVG...BEFORE MODERATING TO ABOVE AVG BY NEXT WEEK. PRECIP WILL BE NEAR NORMAL ACROSS EASTERN NV...AND BELOW AVG IN WESTERN NV. BROAD 500MB CIRCULATION WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NV DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH COLD POOL ALOFT OVER THE GREAT BASIN. WESTWARD PROGRESSION ON WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE IS THE FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THIS WEEKENDS FORECAST...WITH MODEL VARIABILITY ON HOW FAR WEST HIGHER PWAT VALUES WILL PUSH INLAND. GFS INDICATING A STRONG PWAT GRADIENT WITH CLOSE TO .8" AT WENDOVER AND QUICKLY DROPPING TO .4" AT ELKO. HAVE MOSTLY KEPT WITH LAST FORECAST...AND KEPT CLOSE TO THE ECMWF...AS GFS CONTINUES TO HAVE LARGE RUN TO RUN VARIABILITY IN THE HANDLING OF THE 500MB LOW CENTER. BY SUNDAY UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO LIFT OUT OF THE REGION...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW AND LINGERING MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN NV...ALLOWING FOR DAYTIME CONVECTION AGAIN. WESTERLY ZONAL FLOW AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN BY MONDAY WITH HIGHS REBOUNDING INTO THE UPPER 70'S LOW 80'S. NEWEST ECMWF IS BEGINNING TO HINT AT ANOTHER PACIFIC NORTHWEST CLIPPER TO SKIRT ACROSS NORTHERN NV BY TUESDAY...AND LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. THE GFS IS MUCH FURTHER NORTH WITH THIS SYSTEM AT THIS TIME...SO HAVE LOWERED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS NORTHERN NV...AND INTRODUCED SOME MOUNTAIN POPS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH A FEW MORE MODEL RUNS...BEFORE JUMPING ON BOARD WITH THIS SOLUTION. DRY ZONAL FLOW COULD BE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY. AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH POSSIBLE TEMPO MVFR CIGS IN RAIN SHOWERS AT KWMC/KEKO THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NV TODAY...FROM WEST TO EAST. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...BUT THE LARGER IMPACT WILL BE THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FEATURE TODAY...WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFT 03Z TONIGHT. FIRE WEATHER...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY. WINDS WILL BE WEST...THEN NORTHWEST AFTER THE FRONT...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL BE NORTH OF I-80...BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECT A CHANCE FOR INSTABILITY SHOWERS EACH DAY AS COLD AIR ALOFT SITS OVER THE REGION. WARMER CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED MONDAY AND BEYOND AS HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO WORK EAST. HYDROLOGY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SILVER STATE TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COOLER TEMPS AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER. THIS WILL DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SNOW MELT FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATION WATERSHEDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING INTO THE HUMBOLDT RIVER...ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LOWER BELOW FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT 48HRS. THE HUMBOLDT RIVER COULD STILL REACH FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS FROM CARLIN TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN...BUT AS OF NOW IF FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED IT SHOULD ONLY BE MINOR FIELD FLOODING. THE HIGHEST WATERS AT CARLIN ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOMETIME ON FRIDAY...PALISADE ON SATURDAY...AND BATTLE MOUNTAIN BY MONDAY. FLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS COMUS AND WINNEMUCCA NEXT WEEK...AS THE INCREASED FLOW SLOWLY MOVES DOWNSTREAM. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 86/95
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 937 AM PDT THU JUN 10 2010 NVZ030-031-101700- HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 937 AM PDT THU JUN 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELKO AND EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM PDT... AT 932 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF PARADISE VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY EAST OF PARADISE VALLEY... RURAL WESTERN ELKO COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF MIDAS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4181 11688 4146 11671 4142 11722 4160 11743 TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 259DEG 29KT 4154 11719 KNUTSVIG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1115 AM PDT THU JUN 10 2010 NVZ031-101845- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 1115 AM PDT THU JUN 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM PDT... AT 1110 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF TUSCARORA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY... THE STORM IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER STATE ROUTE 226...HEADING EAST TOWARD WILDHORSE RESERVOIR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4176 11575 4153 11567 4151 11615 4163 11620 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 258DEG 39KT 4159 11611 ROOD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Frequent gusts to 58 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph were observed at Wild Horse. Minor structural damage was also reported.
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