Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding near Kingston. Four to six inches of water was reported flowing across state highway 376 at milepost 27.
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Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding near Kingston. Four to six inches of water was reported flowing across state highway 376 at milepost 27.
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 21, 1:50 PM PST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 250 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ELKO...WHITE PINE...NORTHERN NYE AND EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY IN WHITE PINE AND NYE COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY. && .UPDATE...GIVEN TRAINING ECHOES AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NEAR GABBS...EXPANDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE NW NYE COUNTY INCLUDING TONOPAH AND ROUND MOUNTAIN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF NYE COUNTY WILL SPREAD MORE HEAVY RAIN INTO NW NYE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BT && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 214 PM / SYNOPSIS...A STRONG SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ELKO...WHITE PINE...NORTHERN NYE AND EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY IN WHITE PINE AND NYE COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY. SHORT TERM...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE CWA MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CARLIN TO AUSTIN AND OVER THE ENTIRE NORTHERN NYE COUNTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH LIS OF -3 AND -4...GOOD CAPES VALUES OF 500 TO 1000J OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND PWS OF 0.75 TO 1.00 INCH IN MOST OF THIS AREA...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. A DRIER AIRMASS FROM THE WEST MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE EASTERN ZONES WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY THEN BEGIN TO HAVE DIFFERENCES IN RESOLVING AN INCOMING PACIFIC LOW. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A SPLITTING UPPER LOW FEATURE WILL BE EXITING TO THE EAST. INSTABILITY OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THERE IS A LIMITED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND HELPING TO EXPAND A LARGE RIDGE OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE CONUS. THIS WILL CAUSE AN EXTENDED DRY PATTERN TO DEVELOP. THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES CONCERNING THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW. THE ECMWF SHOWS FASTER MOVEMENT OF THE TROUGH INITIALLY WITH A BROADER PROFILE. THE GFS DIGS THE TROUGH FURTHER SOUTH INITIALLY THAN THE ECMWF BUT THEN SEEMS TO ATTAIN CONGRUENT FLOW LATER ON. THUS THE GFS WOULD SUGGEST A WARMER AND DRIER SCENARIO DUE TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WILL HAVE TO GO WITH A MELD FOR NOW. AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. LOW IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. AVIATION...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT KWMC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE SMOKE PLUME FROM CALIFORNIA FIRES FLOWS ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO EASTERN NEVADA TODAY...PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. KELY WILL BE EXPERIENCING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OFF AN ON ALL DAY TODAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS AT KTPH ALL DAY. KEKO MAY GET A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...REDUCING VIS BRIEFLY TO MVFR OR EVEN IFR. FIRE WEATHER...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CARLIN TO AUSTIN AND OVER THE ENTIRE NORTHERN NYE COUNTY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THEREFORE...HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. WESTERN ZONES WILL BE UNDER A DRY SOUTHWEST TONIGHT...TURNING WESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY. THE DRIER AIRMASS MOVES FURTHER WEST ON THURSDAY INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES...WHILE THE EASTERN ZONES...FWZ470..FWZ455 ..AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF FWZ457 WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE FOR CONTINUING THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 133 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ031-033>041-220845- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 133 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. DEEP MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF NORTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TO BEGIN THE DAY. THE THREATS FROM TODAY'S STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS A CONCERN FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN WHITE PINE COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR STORMS TO MOVE OVER OR DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS HAS LEAD TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM FOR THIS AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING IN AREAL COVERAGE THURSDAY AS MUCH DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 132 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ035-212115- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 132 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM PDT... AT 127 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES SOUTH OF RUBY LAKE TO 17 MILES NORTH OF DUCKWATER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 50 WEST OF ELY... RURAL WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... RURAL CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4000 11497 3916 11531 3914 11580 3994 11546 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 282DEG 15KT 3989 11534 3914 11566 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 141 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ035-212130- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 141 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM PDT... AT 136 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK... BAKER... U.S. HIGHWAY 6... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS IN GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. && LAT...LON 3917 11423 3896 11409 3890 11438 3904 11447 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 247DEG 20KT 3900 11433 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 226 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ035-212200- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 226 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM PDT... AT 218 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHERRY CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 93 NEAR SCHELLBOURNE IN WHITE PINE 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 4006 11497 3972 11454 3956 11501 3969 11517 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 227DEG 15KT 3967 11505 LW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 334 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ033-035-039-212315- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 334 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM PDT... AT 328 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U.S. HIGHWAY 93 - ALTERNATE RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4073 11408 4031 11405 4012 11461 4050 11471 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 259DEG 27KT 4035 11449 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 418 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 NVZ035-037-041-220015- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 418 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LANDER...SOUTHERN EUREKA...EXTREME NORTHERN NYE AND CENTRAL WHITE PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM PDT... AT 406 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM MOVEMENT IS SLOW OR A SLOW NORTHEAST DRIFT...FURTHER ADDING TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND PONDING ON HIGHWAYS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY... EUREKA... HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR MOTORISTS. PONDING ON ROADWAYS WILL POSE THE RISK FOR HYDROPLANING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3962 11476 3895 11491 3933 11752 3997 11729 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 224DEG 15KT 3928 11605 TURNER
The Elko radar (KLRX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms resulted in a flash flood near Kingston with 4 to 6 inches of water reported flowing across state highway 376 at milepost 27. No reports of damages were received so monetary value is an estimate.
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