Flash flooding caused a significant washout along the road through the Pancake mountain range north of Duckwater.
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Flash flooding caused a significant washout along the road through the Pancake mountain range north of Duckwater.
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 30, 1:26 PM PST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 226 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY INTO LABOR DAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTY MAINLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN...WITH PW'S NEAR 1 INCH HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TONIGHT THE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDELY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA ON SATURDAY. PW'S WILL STILL BE NEAR AN INCH AND SOME INSTABILITY WITH LI'S NEAR -1 SO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM. SUNDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. CENTRAL NEVADA WILL SEE PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP NEAR MID DAY WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING AS PW'S WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE 1 INCH AND STORM MOTIONS WILL BE AROUND 10 KNOTS. THIS MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SPREADING STORMS AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN NORTHWARD. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. MODELS STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH MAINTAINING A HIGH OVER THE FOUR CORNER STATES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RIDGE PUSHES "MONSOON" MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN ELKO COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHERN ZONES SUNDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE CWA ON MONDAY. WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY LOOKS DRY AS IT REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE THE DRY SLOT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST COAST. BY TUESDAY...ALL THE CWA BECOMES UNSTABLE WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR GOOD CONVECTION. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO BE OVER CENTRAL NV TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THERMAL TROF LOCATED. THERMAL TROF SHIFTS INTO UTAH THURSDAY AS TROF ALONG THE WEST COAST PUSHES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AND ALL OF WHITE WHITE PINE COUNTY. BY FRIDAY...EC FURTHER NORTH WHICH ALLOWS THE "MONSOON" MOISTURE TO CREEP BACK INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WHILE AT THE SAME TIME...THE GFS BRINGS IN A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV. HAVE KEPT THE CWA DRY WITH DIFFERENCE IN MODELS... BUT BEING SEPTEMBER THE DRIER GFS SOLUTION SEEMS THE MOST REASONABLE. && .AVIATION...VFR ALL TERMINALS. CONVECTION WILL BE CONFINED TO KELY VICINITY THROUGH THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE DRY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR KTPH AND KELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASES OVER NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE COUNTIES DURING THE DAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRY AND WARM ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. SUNDAY A SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH CENTRAL NEVADA SEEING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 90/87/87/90
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 128 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 NVZ035-302100- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 128 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM PDT... AT 122 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN...PONDING OF WATER AND INCREASED FLOWS IN DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH ADVERSE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN THE CONNORS PASS AND MAJORS PLACE AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAJORS PLACE... CONNORS PASS... U.S. HIGHWAY 6 NEAR CONNORS PASS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3912 11461 3902 11446 3894 11466 3902 11472 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 231DEG 3KT 3903 11460 JRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 245 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 NVZ035-037-041-302215- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 245 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUREKA...NORTHERN NYE AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT... AT 240 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTH OF PINTO SUMMIT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN...INCREASED FLOWS IN DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROUTE 379... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3898 11598 3917 11614 3930 11583 3915 11570 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 048DEG 3KT 3918 11585 JRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013
NVZ040-041-302215-
NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY NV-
247 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NYE COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
PDT...
AT 242 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 31 MILES EAST OF TONOPAH...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAULSBURY SUMMIT...
US HIGHWAY 6 BETWEEN TONOPAH AND WARM SPRINGS...
STATE ROUTE 375 NEAR WARM SPRINGS...
&&
LAT...LON 3805 11704 3836 11707 3841 11576 3807 11575
3807 11660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 166DEG 11KT 3812 11667
RLCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 324 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 NVZ040-302245- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY NV- 324 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NYE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM PDT... AT 324 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF TONOPAH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. INCREASED FLOWS IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROAD. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TONOPAH... TONOPAH AIRPORT...US HIGHWAY 6 NEAR TONOPAH AND HIGHWAY 376 JUST NORTH OF TONOPAH. && LAT...LON 3806 11699 3805 11723 3825 11740 3833 11695 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 134DEG 9KT 3809 11713 RLC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 326 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 NVZ035-041-302300- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 326 PM PDT FRI AUG 30 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE AND WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 322 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF DUCKWATER...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATE ROUTE 379 THROUGH THE PANCAKE MOUNTAIN RANGE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3904 11558 3900 11589 3914 11592 3919 11570 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 345DEG 2KT 3911 11578 JRM
The Elko radar (KLRX), 193 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager and Duckwater Health Department reported flash flooding along White Pine County Road north of town through the Pancake mountain range which caused a significant washout in the road.
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