Flooding was observed on O'Neil Basin road by an NDOT road crew.
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Flooding was observed on O'Neil Basin road by an NDOT road crew.
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 Sep 12, 1:10 PM PST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 210 PM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA ON SATURDAY. DRY WEATHER RETURNS TO NEVADA SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINNING DIRECTLY OVER NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON RADAR, ROTATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE AROUND A CIRCULATION CENTER BETWEEN ELKO AND EUREKA. MOISTURE QUALITY CONTINUES TO BE VERY HIGH, WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER NEAR ONE INCH ACROSS ALL OF NEVADA. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 8 PM, WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORM MOTION IS SLOW AND OF COURSE VARIED AND ERRATIC AMID THE BROAD CIRCULATION. FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE, WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS ALL ZONES. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO BEGIN DECREASING AROUND SUNSET /7 PM/ WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. JUST LIKE LAST NIGHT, EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT. VERY WARM AGAIN TONIGHT UNDER THE CLOUDS, WITH NEAR RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. FRIDAY...MOIST LOW PRESSURE SITS AND SPINS OVER ELKO COUNTY THE ENTIRE DAY. ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY MOIST WITH PW NEAR ONE INCH. NAM AND GFS BOTH FORECAST ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70S TO BE REACHED, AND EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME NUMEROUS ONCE AGAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS ELKO COUNTY. LAST SHIFT EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING, WHICH IS CLEARLY WARRANTED. WILL ALSO ADD NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY /ZONE 031/ WHICH IS RECEIVING MANY THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY, AND IS FORECASTED TO RECEIVE SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN ON FRIDAY, CLOSEST TO THE LOW'S TRACK. STORM MOTION WILL CHANGE ON FRIDAY, WITH MOST STORMS SHOWING A SLOW SE DRIFT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SATURDAY...PERSISTENT MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FINALLY WEAKENS AND EXITS NEVADA. DRY WEATHER RETURNS TO THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE CWA, BUT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR ONE MORE CROP OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IN THE GRIDS, BUT COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH LESS COMPARED TO THAT SEEN TODAY AND FRIDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WARM 2-4 DEGREES OVER FRIDAY'S READINGS, AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK INTO NEVADA. TURNER .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. MAIN THEME OF THE LONG TERM...AS COMPARED TO THE SHORT TERM...IS DRY. UPPER LOW WHICH BROUGHT THE MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BE DEPARTING NORTHEASTWARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH A MUCH DRIER TROUGH FROM THE PACIFIC MOVING IN SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH A UPPER LOW SITTING OVER THE PAC NW EARLY NEXT WEEK DRY WEATHER SHOULD GENERALLY PREVAIL...THOUGH IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA MOISTURE MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO COMPLETELY GET SCOURED OUT. THERE IS NOW SOME DISAGREEMENT REGARDING THE POSSIBLE DEEPER AND COLDER TROUGH DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GFS STILL HAS IT...BUT THE ECMWF HAS MOVED AWAY FROM IT. THEREFORE DID NOT ALTER FORECAST TOO MUCH THIS FAR OUT. RCM && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CIGS AND VIS NEXT 24 HOURS...OCCASIONALLY LOWER IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. T-STORMS ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN...AND WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY. RCM && .FIRE WEATHER...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LAL'S OF 4-5 AT TIMES. ANY LIGHTNING IGNITIONS WILL HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY SPREADING GIVEN WETTING RAINS, HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND GREEN/GROWING FUELS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTY ON SATURDAY, BEFORE DRY WEATHER RETURNS TO NEVADA SUNDAY AND THROUGH NEXT WEEK. TURNER && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 99/93/93/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 314 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 NVZ031-033>039-041-131015- 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- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 314 AM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA...INCLUDING EASTERN ELKO...WHITE PINE...LANDER/EUREKA...AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXISTS FOR THESE AREAS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS TODAY AND TOMORROW. PLEASE SEE RNOFFALKN FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SLOW DRYING WILL COMMENCE DURING THE WEEKEND WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. BREEZY AND DRY WILL BE THE RULE BEGINNING MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 121 PM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 NVZ030-122100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY NV- 121 PM PDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM PDT... AT 112 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MIDAS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR ERROSION. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TWIN CREEKS MINE... && LAT...LON 4108 11727 4140 11734 4143 11703 4118 11702 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 069DEG 8KT 4124 11711 DD
The Elko radar (KLRX), 192 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
NDOT Dispatch reported that crews on highway 93 saw flooding on O'Neil Basin road.|Property damage is estimated.
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