Flashing flooding in Carlin Canyon caused a rock slide that closed the Interstate 80 detour through that area.
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Flashing flooding in Carlin Canyon caused a rock slide that closed the Interstate 80 detour through that area.
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 28, 2:05 PM PST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 305 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 .SYNOPSIS...THE JET STREAM IS BISECTING THE SILVER STATE AND COMBINING WITH A MOISTURE LADEN AIR MASS WHICH HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFICIENT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCER. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL LINGER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...BUT GENERALLY EXPECTING A DRYING TREND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN FEATURES AN AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS WITH THE PACIFIC LOW PUSHING INLAND...WITH THE JET SPANNING FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO CENTRAL MONTANA. THE JET HAS PROVED TO BE A SUFFICIENT EXHAUST MECHANISM/ UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITY. PLUS THE PRE-STORM ENVIRONMENT HAD WIDESPREAD NEGATIVE LI...IMPRESSIVE CAPE AND HELICITY. THESE DYNAMICS COMBINED WITH A SOUPY AIRMASS RESULTED IN SWA TO SVR WORTHY TS OUTBREAK. EXPECTING THIS TREND TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. AS THE PUSHES INLAND AND TIME ELAPSES...ISOLATED TS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT EXPECTING ORGANIZED TS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH FORMING A HIGH OVER THE FOUR CORNER STATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS RIDGE PUSHES "MONSOON" MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA ON SATURDAY...SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO ELKO COUNTY ON SUNDAY. EVEN THOUGH THE MODELS HAVE THE HIGH CENTER OVER COLORADO ON MONDAY...THE "MONSOON" MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAINLY CONFINED EAST OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. WITH A MOIST FLOW FROM THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG TERM LOOK TO BE ABOVE NORMAL..SO HAVE RAISED TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES TO REFLECT THIS. && .AVIATION...VFR ALL TERMINALS. MAIN CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THIS EVENING AT KTPH...KEKO...AND KELY...WHICH MAY LINGER UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORM MAY BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS TO 40 MPH. && .FIRE WEATHER...A MOIST AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO NEVADA...FUELING A THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK TODAY. THE 12Z SOUNDING FROM ELKO HAD PWS/PWATS AT 1.04 INCHES...WHICH IS 180 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WETTING RAINS WERE OBSERVED OVER 469 AND 470 *BEFORE* 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING ...WHICH UNDER SCORES THE QPF POTENTIAL OF THESE STORMS. TODAY IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS TO MATERIALIZE IN THE NEXT 5 DAYS. EXPECTING MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WITH GOOD RH RECOVERY AGAIN TONIGHT. DRIER CONDITIONS FORECAST AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/87/87/97
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
110 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013
NVZ034-035-037-038-282045-
RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY
NV-
110 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN EUREKA...
NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 145
PM PDT...
AT 107 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUBY LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...
RURAL SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 11566 4011 11551 4005 11549 3995 11580
4004 11591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 235DEG 23KT 4000 11574
JRMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 142 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 NVZ034-038-039-282115- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 142 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM PDT... AT 139 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTH OF RUBY LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND MINOR WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKLIN LAKE... HARRISON PASS... JIGGS... && LAT...LON 4060 11550 4046 11522 4024 11550 4029 11578 TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 217DEG 18KT 4032 11554 DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
157 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013
NVZ033-282130-
SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
157 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
PDT...
AT 154 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST WENDOVER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
WEST WENDOVER...
ALTERNATE U.S. 93...
&&
LAT...LON 4052 11416 4062 11436 4091 11415 4086 11403
4066 11403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 235DEG 26KT 4068 11418
DDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 244 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 NVZ036-282215- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 244 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LANDER AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT... AT 240 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CRESCENT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 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... RURAL NORTHEASTERN LANDER COUNTY... RURAL NORTHWESTERN EUREKA COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4057 11692 4051 11654 4024 11678 4027 11691 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 199DEG 15KT 4041 11679 JRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 247 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 NVZ031-038-282215- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 247 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM PDT... AT 245 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO AND ADOBE SUMMIT... INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN ELKO AND CARLIN TUNNELS... && LAT...LON 4118 11568 4105 11544 4065 11589 4076 11608 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 218DEG 38KT 4078 11591 DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 255 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 NVZ034-038-039-282230- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 255 PM PDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM PDT... AT 250 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF RUBY VALLEY...MOVING NORTH 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... RUBY VALLEY... SECRET PASS... CLOVER VALLEY... && LAT...LON 4102 11518 4094 11491 4058 11513 4065 11535 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 202DEG 23KT 4070 11519 DD
The Elko radar (KLRX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement reports Interstate 80 in the Carlin Canyon is closed due to flash flooding and small rock slide.
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