Multiple roads were covered with water or washed out in and around Battle Mountain.
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Multiple roads were covered with water or washed out in and around Battle Mountain.
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 4, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 .SYNOPSIS...YET ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP ACROSS NEVADA TODAY AND TONIGHT. MANY STORMS WILL AGAIN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. DRIER AIR AND STRONGER WINDS WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWESTERN NEVADA ON THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. INSTABILITY MOUNTING ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL UNFOLDING. CUMULUS FIELD IS QUITE AGITATED WITH SPC MESOANALYSIS PLACING CAPE OF 1000-2000 J/KG ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA AS OF NOON. INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THIS EVENING, AND MENTIONED HEAVY RAIN IN THE GRIDS. EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 5 AM THURSDAY, AS EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE EASILY PAST 5 PM THIS EVENING, AND EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. MONSOON MOISTURE IS STILL VERY HEALTHY ACROSS NEVADA, WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER HOLDING NEAR 1 INCH NEAR ELKO, AND AS HIGH AS 1.3 INCHES NEAR WENDOVER AND TONOPAH. STORM MOTION WITH INITIAL CELLS IN CENTRAL NEVADA IS 10-20 KTS, BUT STORMS HAVE PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING DESPITE THIS MOTION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE INTO TONIGHT. BULK SHEAR AS OF NOON IS 30-35 KTS ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, SO THAT IS STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY DISPLAY SOME ORGANIZATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING, MAINLY NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER WITH OREGON AND IDAHO. THURSDAY...THE PERSISTENT ACTIVE PATTERN OF MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED LATELY, FINALLY BEGINS TO CHANGE. CLOSED LOW OFF THE OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON EDGES INTO SW OREGON BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL DO TWO THINGS: FINALLY PUSH MUCH DRIER AIR INTO WESTERN NEVADA, AND INCREASE SW WINDS SIGNIFICANTLY. THE DRY AIR AND INCREASED WINDS WILL BE MOST NOTICEABLE ACROSS NW NEVADA AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHERE WIND/RH ISSUES WILL CREATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. MEANWHILE, EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP ONE MORE TIME EAST OF A OWYHEE-ELKO-EUREKA LINE AFTER NOON ON THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE DECREASED COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAYS, BUT 12Z NAM AND GFS BOTH FORECAST MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SO CONFIDENT MORE STORMS WILL FORM IN THESE ZONES. FRIDAY...DRIER AIR MAKES MORE HEADWAY INTO NEVADA, RESTICTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE UTAH BORDER. INSTABILITY IS FURTHER RESTRICTED TO MAINLY SE ELKO, SE EUREKA, EASTERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. MONSOON MOISTURE REFUSES TO BE SCOURED OUT OF THESE ZONES ON FRIDAY, WITH PW HOLDING NEAR A HEALTHY ONE INCH ALONG THE UTAH BORDER. 12Z GFS/NAM BOTH FORECAST STRONG INSTABILITY IN THESE SE ZONES. INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR THESE ZONES AS A RESULT. TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, COMPARED TO THURSDAY'S READINGS. ALSO MUCH COOLER /JUST CLOSER TO NORMAL/ IN THE DRIER AIR ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA FRIDAY MORNING. TURNER .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE CWA PINNED BETWEEN AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER OREGON AND WASHINGTON...AND A BROAD RIDGE OVER THE MIDWEST. MOISTURE UNDER THE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH UP INTO NORTHERN NYE...WHITE PINE...AND THE EASTERN MOST PORTION OF ELKO COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY THE LOW OVER THE PAC NW AND THE RIDGE TO OUR EAST BOTH DRIFT EASTWARD AWAY FROM NEVADA. AS THIS HAPPENS MOISTURE OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA DISSIPATES. WITH MODELS NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT EARLY NEXT WEEK DUE TO WEAK FLOW ALOFT...KEPT A MENTION OF SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA AS PWS OF .5 TO .65 PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE IN A GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SURGE UP INTO CENTRAL NEVADA MID-WEEK AND MAY COMBINE WITH WEAK INSTABILITY TO TOUCH OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AT ALL TERMINALS. HOWEVER BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WHICH MAY BRING VIS TO 6SM. BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS AND HEAVY RAINS TODAY WILL BE AT KEKO AND KELY AS MOST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. FOR THURSDAY WINDS WILL BE GUSTY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...PARTICULARLY STRONG OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY WILL BE GENERALLY CONFINED TO EASTERN AREAS WITH KELY BEING THE MAIN CONCERN AS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS REMAIN A THREAT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. && .FIRE WEATHER...DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO NORTHWESTERN NEVADA ON THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME WINDS WILL INCREASE DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. CRITICAL WIND AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER ZONE 467 THURSDAY...THOUGH WINDS WILL BE GUSTY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. MOISTURE LINGERS OVER EASTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NEVADA THURSDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH IN FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY...HOWEVER WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. LIKE THURSDAY...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS FOR FRIDAY WILL BE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. && 99/96/96/96
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 404 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 NVZ031-042330- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 404 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM PDT... AT 359 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCARORA...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... TUSCARORA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4140 11636 4136 11591 4101 11609 4107 11632 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 185DEG 21KT 4114 11617 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 446 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 NVZ031-039-050030- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 446 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM PDT... AT 446 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEQUOP SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 ELKO COUNTY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93 HD SUMMIT... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4149 11479 4143 11442 4113 11463 4119 11486 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 198DEG 19KT 4125 11471 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 521 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 NVZ034-039-050100- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 521 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM PDT... AT 516 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLOVER VALLEY...MOVING NORTH UP HIGHWAY 93 IN THE DIRECTION OF WELLS...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... RURAL CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... && LAT...LON 4109 11504 4107 11476 4078 11491 4084 11507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 197DEG 20KT 4087 11496 JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 535 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 NVZ031-039-050100- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 535 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM PDT... AT 530 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOOR SUMMIT... WELLS... HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN WELLS AND HD SUMMIT... && LAT...LON 4135 11495 4133 11465 4099 11473 4101 11497 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 186DEG 17KT 4109 11483 91
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 538 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 NVZ038-050115- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 538 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM PDT... AT 535 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JIGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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 SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY... && LAT...LON 4061 11598 4056 11563 4033 11570 4035 11595 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 217DEG 10KT 4038 11581 JR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
555 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013
NVZ036-037-050130-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER
COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV-
555 PM PDT WED SEP 4 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LANDER AND WESTERN EUREKA
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM PDT...
AT 549 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRASS VALLEY...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT STATE ROUTE 306
APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CRESCENT VALLEY.
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 EASTERN LANDER COUNTY...
RURAL WESTERN EUREKA COUNTY...
&&
LAT...LON 4032 11680 4031 11649 4012 11665 4007 11675
4006 11690 4017 11692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 196DEG 17KT 4017 11674
JRThe Elko radar (KLRX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports multiple roads covered with water or washed out in and around Battle Mountain. Time estimated based off radar and conversation with paper. Property damage is estimated.
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