A non-severe thunderstorm caused some roof damage in Paradise Valley.
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A non-severe thunderstorm caused some roof damage in Paradise Valley.
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 Aug 1, 6:21 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 721 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING AND CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON. INCREASINGLY DRIER WEATHER IS PROECTED AS THE WEEK UNFOLDS. && .UPDATE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TUESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 468 WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...WESTERN ELKO COUNTY AND NOTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 645 PM / SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING AND CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON. INCREASINGLY DRIER WEATHER IS PROECTED AS THE WEEK UNFOLDS. UPDATE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 313 PM / SYNOPSIS...PLENTY OF MONSOON MOISTURE ACROSS NEVADA FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS UNTIL 9 PM. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT IN EASTERN NEVADA...WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF ACTIVITY EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEFORE A DRYING TREND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE GREAT BASIN...AND MODELS ARE A BIT SLOWER TO MOVE IT OUT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. OVERNIGHT...NAM IS SHOWING CAPE VALUES OF UP TO 500 J/KG IN EASTERN NEVADA...SO COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THIS AREA. THERE IS STILL A LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN THREAT THIS EVENING...SO CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. TUESDAY IS INTERESTING...WITH THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE SUBTROPICAL JET OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. AGAIN NAM SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES OF -3 TO -5 IN NORTHEAST NEVADA. PWS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH AS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS...HOWEVER STILL LOOKING AT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH VALUES. SO BUMPED UP POPS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO SCATTERED FOR MUCH OF ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES...AND ALSO LINGERED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS A BIT LONGER ON WEDNESDAY. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE LONG TERM. THE LONG LIVED CENTRAL US RIDGE WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO SLIDE EAST ALLOWING THE NEXT COASTAL TROF TO INTRUDE INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL IN TURN BRING IN DRIER AIR FOR A RESPITE FROM THE ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND FLOODING RAINS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. STILL EXPECTING WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AT LEAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HAVE KEPT SMIDGEN POPS IN FAR NORTHEAST NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: DRY AND HOT. CENTRAL US RIDGE ELONGATES WEST TO EAST AND FLATTENS OUT WITH QUASI-ZONAL FLOW OVER THE TOP OF IT. THIS WILL ALLOW A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW WHICH WILL BE LARGELY DRY-ISH WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND GENERALLY EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ONLY REAL CHANCE FOR LOWERED CIGS AND VISIBILITY AT ANY TAF SITE WILL BE IF A TSTM PASSES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. IN GENERAL...EXPECT CB'S ALL AREAS...WITH KELY BEST CHANCE FOR ACTUAL THUNDER AND/OR +RA. GENERAL WINDS WILL BE GUSTIEST AT KWMC AND WILL ADJUST WINDS AT OTHER SITES LOWER. NOTE: KWMC HAVING REGULAR MAINTENANCE TODAY AND OBSERVATIONS MIGHT BE INCOMPLETE AT TIMES. FIRE WEATHER...LOOKING AT CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...SOME WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING. FOR TUESDAY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONE 468. THIS AREA WILL BE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING MOISTURE PLUME...YET STILL HAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND JET STREAM SUPPORT TO GET DRY THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS WILL ALSO HAVE STORMS...BUT THESE WILL BE WET DUE TO CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY IN EASTERN NEVADA...WITH A GENERAL DRYING TREND EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF WEEK. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/97
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 717 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2011 NVZ013-030>037-020330- 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- 717 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE MONSOON SURGE IS COMING TO A CLOSE FOR THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING BUT WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN NATURE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY WITH A DRYING TREND PROJECTED AS THE WEEK UNFOLDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew 2 small pieces of metal roofing off a home and an adjacent house trailer. One piece of roofing landed about 100 feet from the structures.
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