Heavy rain caused 3 feet of water and debris to flow across Elburz Road.
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Heavy rain caused 3 feet of water and debris to flow across Elburz Road.
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 Jul 30, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS NEVADA KEEPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NEVADA, WITH CAPE NEAR 500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX OF -1 TO -3. PW AND MOISTURE CONTENT HAVE DECREASED A BIT FROM PREVIOUS DAYS, FALLING TO ABOUT 0.80 INCH. 12Z GFS SUGGESTS PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL DEGRADE FURTHER TO NEAR 0.75 INCH THROUGH THIS EVENING, SUGGESTING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE REDUCED (OR AT LEAST MORE LOCALIZED) AND SOME DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE MORE APT TO OCCUR OUTSIDE OF RAIN CORES. 12Z NAM SUGGESTS CLOUDS AND SHOWERS, WITH ISOLATED THUNDER, WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF TROPICAL REMNANTS FROM THE PACIFIC APPROACHING FROM THE SW. INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING A FEW DEGREES, AND KEPT A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDER DURING THE CONVECTIVE MIN LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS. THURSDAY...REMNANTS OF EASTERN PACIFIC TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST THROUGH NEVADA. ASSOCIATED DYNAMIC LIFT EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING, AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS A RESULT. GFS CRANKS UP PRECIPITABLE WATER SIGNIFICANTLY AS THIS WAVE PASSES, WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS PLACING PW OF 1.1 INCH AT ELKO THURSDAY EVENING. 12Z NAM/GFS BOTH FORECAST WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY SUFFICIENT FOR CONVECTION, AND STORM MOTION AGAIN WILL BE SLOW/STATIONARY AND ERRATIC, WITH 700 MB FLOW OF 0-5 KTS. INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IN THE GRIDS, MENTIONED HEAVY RAIN, AND ISSUED ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON THROUGH 9 PM. CONFIDENCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS GREATEST ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA, SO KEPT HUMBOLDT COUNTY OUT OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW, BUT FORECAST SHIFT TONIGHT WILL NEED TO REEXAMINE THIS. CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP MOST VALLEYS IN THE 80S ON THURSDAY, EVEN SOME UPPER 70S ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. FURTHER FROM THE MOISTURE SURGE, EXPECTING LOWER 90S IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. FRIDAY...TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS VERY HIGH PW PHASE EAST OF NEVADA, WITH MOISTURE CONTENT AGAIN DECREASING A BIT. GFS PW FALLS AGAIN TO 0.75-0.80 INCH, WITH LESS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. STILL ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT CONVECTION, AND NAM/GFS BOTH SPREAD WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FORCING WILL BE WEAKER COMPARED TO THURSDAY, SO WENT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE (30%) FOR MOST ZONES. WITH LESS CLOUD COVER, FRIDAY'S MAX TEMPS EXPECTED TO WARM 2-5 DEGREES OVER THURSDAY'S READINGS. TURNER .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE AND FAIRLY MOIST. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THERMAL TROF SHIFTS INTO CENTRAL NEVADA WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE CWA. HAVE KEPT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASE ONCE AGAIN TO 0.75 TO 0.90 INCHES OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...HAVE KEPT THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EACH AFTERNOON...WITH SOME TSTM ACTIVITY AT NIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME DRY AIR MAY MOVE IN OVER EXTREME WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY DURING THE LATER PERIODS. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE TAF SITES EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DISSIPATING BY 03Z. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE AND MOIST. && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING WITH LAL OF 4. REMNANTS OF A PACIFIC TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THURSDAY, WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE, AND AN LAL OF 5 ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEVADA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE QUALITY DECREASES SOME FRIDAY, BUT STILL EXPECTING SCATTERED CONVECTION TO REDEVELOP AFTER NOON FRIDAY, WITH LAL OF 4. EXPECTING A MIX OF WET/DRY STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH PW NEAR 0.75 INCH, WHERE SOME DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF RAIN CORES. STORMS WILL TREND TOWARD ALL WET THURSDAY, AS PW CLIMBS TO NEAR ONE INCH. RAINFALL EFFICIENCY OF STORMS WILL AGAIN DECREASE SOME ON FRIDAY, AS PW FALLS BACK TO 0.75-0.80 INCH. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION, BUT AS ALWAYS, STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40-50 MPH. TURNER && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY... NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE 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. && 99/87/87/99
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 315 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 NVZ038-302245- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 315 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM PDT... AT 315 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RYNDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN RYNDON AND DEETH... HALLECK... HALLECK JUNCTION... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4100 11528 4088 11548 4105 11565 4111 11553 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 320DEG 19KT 4101 11550 TURNER
The Elko radar (KLRX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Elko Daily Free Press relayed report of flash flooding on Elburz road. Called and spoke with spotter who said 3 feet of water and debris flowed across the road. Road was damaged and fence destroyed. Damages estimated.
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