Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph and flash flooding along rural roadways in northeast Elko county.
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Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph and flash flooding along rural roadways in northeast Elko county.
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 2, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FUELING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NV THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF INVERTED TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST AZ/BAJA CA. THESE CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND WILL CUT BACK THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO ISOLATED. THIS INVERTED TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NV SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING TO OVER 1 INCH. THEREFORE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PLENTY JUICY FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. PLUS DYNAMICS FROM INVERTED TROUGH WILL HELP WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER ON THE DOWN SIDE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL INHIBIT DAYTIME HEATING AND HENCE CONVECTION. ALSO FORECAST SOUNDING SHOW A WARM LAYER BETWEEN 500-400 MB WHICH WILL ALSO HELP CAP CONVECTION. WITH THAT SAID WILL CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL NV SUNDAY, BUT AS NOTED ABOVE NOT A CLEAR CUT SITUATION AND COULD END UP GETTING MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ON MONDAY INVERTED TROUGH FEATURE MOVES INTO NORTHERN NV WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEARING 1.2 INCHES. HOWEVER WILL HAVE ALL THE UNCERTAINTY AS WAS NOTED ABOVE FOR CENTRAL NV ON SUNDAY SO WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME FOR NORTHERN NV FOR MONDAY. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH AN UPPER LOW AND SHORTWAVE SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE LONG TERM. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE LOW AND SHORTWAVE WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE OUT OF NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BRINGING MOISTURE AND CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA WITH PW'S INITIALLY OVER ONE INCH MONDAY NIGHT AND DECREASING TO NEAR .75" ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER PW'S IN NORTHERN NEVADA. THURSDAY THE SHORTWAVE SLIPS EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME DIFFERENCE ON THE TIMING...BUT DO EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA MAINLY IN ELKO...EUREKA AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. FRIDAY WILL BE DRIER WITH PW'S DROPPING TO NEAR A HALF INCH AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE CROSSES THE REGION BUT A FEW ISOLATED STORMS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. SATURDAY SHOW A WEAK SHORTWAVE CROSSING NORTHERN NEVADA WHICH COULD TRIGGER SOME CONVECTION SO INCREASED POPS FOR THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH KELY HAVING THE BEST CHANCE AT 30 TO 40 PERCENT WITH LOWER CHANCES AT THE OTHER TERMINALS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL FUEL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME DECREASE IN MOISTURE BEGINNING TUESDAY BUT ENOUGH WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 91/90/90/91
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 153 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ031-022145- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 153 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 151 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CONTACT...MOVING EAST 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. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... U. S. ROUTE 93 NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4199 11431 4166 11439 4176 11489 4194 11483 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 269DEG 11KT 4185 11471 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 311 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ031-022300- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 311 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 306 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF CONTACT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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... RURAL NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4161 11426 4150 11452 4173 11467 4182 11446 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 329DEG 6KT 4169 11450 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ041-022300- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY NV- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 306 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF DUCKWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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... RURAL NORTHERN NYE COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3894 11602 3883 11627 3905 11641 3915 11621 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 329DEG 6KT 3902 11625 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 328 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NVZ037-022300- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 328 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL EUREKA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 320 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDEN PASS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 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... GARDEN PASS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3985 11600 3966 11614 3978 11636 3994 11625 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 299DEG 1KT 3981 11620 RCM
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Rock Spring Creek RAWS site measured a wind gust to 65 mph.
Water was observed across rural roadways. Damages estimated.
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