A non-severe thunderstorm wind gust blew off the metal roof of a utility building adjacent to the Elko Little League field.
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A non-severe thunderstorm wind gust blew off the metal roof of a utility building adjacent to the Elko Little League field.
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 6, 8:21 PM PST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 921 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS...MILD AUGUST WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. && .UPDATE...QUICK UPDATE THIS EVENING AS WEAK 500MB SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NV THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS/TSTMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LANDER/EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES. HAVE INCREASED POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 334 PM / SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE LONGWAVE PATTERN FEATURES A BROAD TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN. EXPECTING WEAK IMPULSES TO GET KICK OUT AND MOVE ACROSS THE SILVER STATE...JUSTIFIED ENHANCING THE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES... ALTHOUGH THE BASES WILL BE ELEVATED...VERY LITTLE QPF EXPECTED. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS REACHING THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THRU THE WEEK WITH GRADUAL RIDGE AMPLIFICATION OVER THE GREAT BASIN. DRY ZONAL FLOW WITH SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVE TROFS BRUSHES NORTHERN NV EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN STRENGTHENING RIDGE FORCES SUBTROPICAL JET FURTHER NORTH. DO NOT SEE ENOUGH DYNAMICS TO OVERCOME DRY AIRMASS THIS WEEK FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. TYPICAL DIURNAL WIND CYCLE EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WESTERLIES AVERAGING 10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH. POOR RH RECOVERY EXPECTED AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL NV. MOST OF THE RIDGE BUILDING OCCURS FROM THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY...SO TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE NORMAL ESPECIALLY IN THE DAYTIME. COULD SEE LOTS OF MID 90S IN THE VALLEYS BY THE WEEKEND. 700 MB THETA E RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER EASTERN NV AS EARLY AS FRIDAY...SO WOULD EXPECT SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS. MONSOONAL FLOW COULD BRUSH EXTREME EASTERN NV BY SATURDAY AND BRING A THREAT OF CONVECTION. DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF SOUTHWESTERLIES WILL CUT THIS FLOW OFF FROM OUR CWFA AT THIS POINT...BUT THE THREAT IS CERTAINLY ALIVE AND WELL. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME CONVECTION ALONG NORTHERN ROUTES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY NEAR EKO. WEAK TROF BRUSHES NW NV TONIGHT AND COULD TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WMC TAF SITE LATER TONIGHT. CLOUD BASES SHOULD RANGE FROM 150 TO 200 KFT MSL. CONVECTION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO MAINLY ELKO COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FIRE WEATHER...AT THIS TIME...IT IS LOOKING LIKE A MILD PATTERN ON TAP. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. EXPECT LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WITH PWS BELOW .20 OF AN INCH OVER CENTRAL NEVADA. NIGHT-TIME RECOVERIES RANGING BETWEEN FAIR AND POOR. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 95/85
The Elko radar (KLRX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew off the metal roof of a utility building next to the Elko Little League field. With the lack of nearby damage it was felt winds were sub-severe and the roof was probably old and flimsy.
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