Heavy rain from a strong thunderstorm caused one to two feet of debris to flow across State Highway 377 near Manhattan in northern Nye county. Water and debris were also reported in the town of Manhattan.
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Heavy rain from a strong thunderstorm caused one to two feet of debris to flow across State Highway 377 near Manhattan in northern Nye county. Water and debris were also reported in the town of Manhattan.
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 6, 2:33 PM PST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 333 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS...HOT AND RELATIVELY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. CURRENTLY THERE IS A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF NEVADA THAT WILL CONTINUE TO STEER MOISTURE INTO THE SILVER STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...AND WILL RE- DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEVADA TOMORROW. LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...A PACIFIC BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...AND WILL BRING SOME DRIER AND COOLER AIR TO NORTHERN NEVADA. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A VERY BUOYANT AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AND WILL CONTINUE IGNITE CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING. MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING ON FRIDAY. THE H5 LOW IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO...AND IS USHERING A DEEP FETCH OF MOISTURE INTO THE LKN CWA....CHURNING ABOVE NORMAL PWS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN...WITH THE GFS40 PROJECTING OVER ONE INCH OF PRECIPITABLE H2O IN NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE...ALONG WITH .75 OF AN INCH PWS INTO ELKO AND LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES THIS FORECAST PERIOD. MOREOVER...THE GFS40 DEPICTS A WIDESPREAD AREA OF NEGATIVE LIFTED INDICES AND NOTEWORTHY MOST UNSTABLE CAPES OVER CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A PACIFIC BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST SLIGHTLY SUPPRESSING UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS ON FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. WITH THE 4-CORNERS HIGH SUPRESSED SOMEWHAT AS A TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE WEST COAST...CONVECTION DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WILL BE MOSTLY CONFINED TO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHERN/WESTERN AREAS OF ELKO...LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES. CONDITIONS APPEAR TO DRY OUT EVEN MORE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A DEEPER CLOSED LOW PARKS ITSELF NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND...WHICH APPEARS LIKELY TO CUT-OFF CONVECTION JUST ABOUT COMPLETELY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY A SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THIS CLOSED LOW MAY RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM WILL REMAIN NEAR TO A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY JULY...WITH VALLEYS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. RCM && .AVIATION...ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN CONCERN IS CONVECTION. UNLIKE YESTERDAY...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE A THREAT AT ALL TERMINALS...THOUGH AS IF OFTEN THE CASE THEY REMAIN RATHER SPOTTY IN NATURE. ANY STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT BEFORE REDEVELOPING DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. RCM && .FIRE WEATHER...AS ADVERTISED...THE LKN CWA IS AGAIN VERY ACTIVE THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE ALREADY ISSUED SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN LANDER...EUREKA...WHITE PINE AND ELKO COUNTIES. AN EXTENSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE GREAT BASIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WORK WEEK. FOR TOMORROW EXPECT CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS WITH A FETCH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE...ULTIMATELY FUELING MORE AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP FROM FRIDAY TO WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY...LITTLE CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY. LINGERING FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER HUMBOLDT RIVER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY CONTINUES...WITH MINOR FLOOD STAGES REPORTED IN COMUS AND WINNEMUCCA. EXCESSIVE SNOW MELT IN LAMOILLE CANYON CONTINUES TO RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING THERE AS WELL. REPORTS FROM THE FOREST SERVICE INDICATE MANY SMALLER STREAMS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ARE ALSO FLOODING OR RUNNING VERY HIGH...SIMILAR TO LAMOILLE CREEK. WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY DECLINE AS SNOWMELT BEGINS TO SLOW THANKS MAINLY DUE TO THE DECREASE IN AVAILABLE SNOW TO MELT...AND A SLIGHT DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES...BUT FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO WEEK. RCM && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/93/93/97/93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 422 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 NVZ013-030>037-072330- 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- 422 PM PDT WED JUL 6 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. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOWS WITH POSSIBLY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...HAIL...AND SHORT BURSTS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MORE CONVECTION WILL BE ON TAP...AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN NEVADA. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEVADA LINGERING INTO FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 211 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 NVZ032-033-062145- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 211 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 208 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OASIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 80. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4099 11414 4074 11420 4086 11448 4102 11438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 295DEG 1KT 4090 11433 PJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 235 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 NVZ030-062200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV- 235 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM PDT... AT 234 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUFFERENA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY... && LAT...LON 4183 11862 4164 11878 4177 11901 4193 11889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 302DEG 2KT 4180 11885 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 255 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 NVZ035-062230- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 255 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM PDT... AT 252 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES WEST OF RUTH...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL WESTERN AND CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY... && LAT...LON 3931 11521 3908 11519 3909 11549 3927 11550 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 267DEG 3KT 3919 11538 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 321 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 NVZ030-062300- HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV- 321 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 319 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF IMLAY...OR 44 MILES SOUTH OF LEONARD CREEK RANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4123 11849 4101 11828 4092 11861 4103 11875 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 241DEG 3KT 4100 11859 PJS
The Reno radar (KRGX), 239 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from a strong thunderstorm caused one to two feet of debris to flow across State Highway 377 about 1/2 mile east of the intersection with State Highway 376. Water and debris also covered about 60 percent of the town of Manhattan.
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