Abundant monsoon moisture produced thunderstorms with heavy rain that produced numerous flash floods, primarily across Elko county.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
Abundant monsoon moisture produced thunderstorms with heavy rain that produced numerous flash floods, primarily across 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 5, 1:54 AM PST, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 254 AM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. SLOW DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BECOMING ISOLATED BY FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA IS RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS LANDER...EUREKA...AND ELKO COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. LIGHTNING ENDED LAST NIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE 10 WITH THE LAST STRIKE IN NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER. CENTER OF THE LOW DRIFTS WEST LATER TODAY...CENTERING OVER NORTHEASTERN CA AND NORTHWESTERN NV. DIFFLUENT FLOW OVER NORTHEASTERN NEVADA WILL MAKE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY IN MOST OTHER AREAS. CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AIR MASS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE. UPPER LEVEL LOW OPENS TO A TROUGH OVER THE CWA WEDNESDAY...WITH CONTINUED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER ALL OF NORTHERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NEVADA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WITH A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING ON WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH SUNDAY. GFS HAS UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL NV WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH DIFFLUENT ALOFT AND LIS NEAR -2 AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM AUSTIN TO JACKPOT. NAM12 HAS THIS BOUNDARY FURTHER WEST INTO HUMBOLDT COUNTY...WHILE EC FASTER PUSHING THE PRECIP INTO IDAHO. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION AND KEEP SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON TROF WEAKENS...BUT STILL REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE OVER NE NV. DRIER AND STABLE AIRMASS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LOW MOVES ALONG THE WEST COAST FRIDAY KEEPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY...GFS FORECASTS THE DRIER AIRMASS TO PUSH INTO THE THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONES SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EC MUCH WETTER MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW STRONGER AND FURTHER EAST THAN GFS. WILL LEAVE CWA MAINLY DRY DAYS 6 AND 7 AT THIS TIME...BUT WITH FOUR CORNER HIGH FIRMLY IN PLACE...MAY NEED TO EVENTUALLY BUMP POPS UP. && .AVIATION...A MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SCT-NMRS SHRA WITH ISOLD/SCT THUNDERSTORMS TO ALL TAF SITES TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH LCL CIGS/VSBY REDUCTION TO MVFR. && .FIRE WEATHER...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN NEVADA AGAIN TODAY FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A LITTLE DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRYING TREND CONTINUES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BECOMING ISOLATED BY FRIDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. && 96/87/87/96
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1257 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NVZ034-038-052030- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 1257 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM PDT... AT 1251 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRING CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE THROUGH 130 PM PDT. EXPECT ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN WITH LOCALIZED AREAS GETTING CLOSE TO ONE HALF AN INCH. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND DOWNPOURS DROPPING VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE HALF A MILE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE... && LAT...LON 4086 11566 4077 11539 4056 11554 4063 11576 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 203DEG 4KT 4068 11560 DD
The Elko radar (KLRX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
9 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a 1/2 mile wide area of water and debris across Lee road just off State Highway 228. Debris was 1 to 3 feet deep. Shoulder and minor road damage occurred. Damages are estimated.
One foot of water was reported flowing across a road near South Fork Reservoir.
Multiple areas of flash flooding were reported along country roads north of Deeth with water 1 to 2 feet deep in places making roads impassable.
Heavy rain caused flooding in dry washes and across roadways.
Flash flooding was reported in and around Ryndon.
Flash flooding occurred in the Elko Hills southwest of downtown. Water was across roads and residential properties were flooded. Debris also on many roads including Bullion road and Errecart road. Damages estimated.
Six inches of water were reported flowing down the shoulders and side roads in Tonopah. Estimated three feet of flowing water in dry washes. Damages estimated.
The Department of Transporation reported significant flash flooding in Willow Creek Canyon. Indian Creek and Snowball Creek also had reports of flash flooding. Damage to roads were also noted around ranches in the valley. Damages are estimated.
Flash flooding was reported on Duckwater Road in White Pine county near Pogues station.|Damages estimated.
Public reported 18 inches of mud and water flowing onto a road and rocks falling into roads from cliffs and steep slopes. Damages estimated.
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