Heavy rain caused water and debris several feet deep along Highway 93 about 35 miles south of Wells.
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Heavy rain caused water and debris several feet deep along Highway 93 about 35 miles south of Wells.
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 31, 2:47 AM PST, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 347 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST SUBTROPICAL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE IMPETUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SLOW STORM SPEEDS EXPECTED...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY. THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SITUATION HAS QUIETED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH DEBRIS CLOUDS ARE STILL PREVALENT...STILL GETTING A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO FROM CELLS POPPING UP IN LANDER/EUREKA AND ELKO COUNTIES. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE AGAIN QUITE HIGH THIS MORNING WITH READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S. ALSO...CURRENT PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE HIGHER IN THE EAST...WITH READINGS IN THE EAST AROUND 0.80 TO 0.90 INCHES PER SUOMINET SITE. WATER VAPOR LOOP THIS MORNING SHOWS A PIECE OF ENERGY IN THE FLOW THAT IS CENTERED AROUND MID-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS VORT LOBE WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON TIMEFRAME TODAY. MAIN ISSUE TODAY WILL BE THE MID TO HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE THAT COULD BLOT OUT THE SUN AT TIMES. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES AT LOCATIONS IN THE FORECAST AREA ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S...AND THESE SHOULD BE REACHED. 700-500MB STORM SPEEDS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO NON-EXISTENT AT 5 KNOTS OR LESS. GFS K-INDEX VALUES ARE IN THE 35-40C RANGE. LAPSE RATES ARE GOING TO BE ABOVE 7C/KM WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN -1C AND -3C. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH WITH NO CHANGES. DID LOOK AT ADDING HUMBOLDT COUNTY...BUT THE BEST CHANCES APPEAR TO BE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. MAIN THREATS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME STORMS...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. ON FRIDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO DRY SLIGHTLY...BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS STORM SPEEDS WILL AGAIN BE 0-5 KNOTS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXISTS FOR SATURDAY. FOR ALL AFTERNOONS...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. MOIST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA INTO THE WEEKEND. AMPLIFIED RIDGE AXIS CENTERED OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST FRIDAY NIGHT GRADUALLY DRIFTS EASTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA HOWEVER REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR CONTINUED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WITH STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. && .FIRE WEATHER...SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL HELP TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SLOW STORM SPEEDS WILL HELP STORMS TO PUT DOWN MORE RAINFALL. MAIN THREATS CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED TO LOW END SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS THE AIR MASS OVER NORTHERN NEVADA DOES NOT COMPLETELY DRY OUT. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON PDT TODAY THROUGH THIS 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. && 86/96/96/86
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1049 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 NVZ034-038-039-311815- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 1049 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM PDT... AT 1044 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUBY VALLEY. 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... RUBY VALLEY... NORTHERN RUBY MOUNTAINS... NEVADA STATE ROUTE 229... && LAT...LON 4065 11536 4087 11536 4084 11508 4066 11508 TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 091DEG 1KT 4076 11520 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1120 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 NVZ035-039-311900- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 1120 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL NOON PDT... AT 1116 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF RUBY LAKE...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... WEST OF CURRIE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4045 11508 4022 11484 4011 11525 4018 11531 TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 233DEG 9KT 4020 11519 JRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1123 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 NVZ035-311900- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 1123 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL NOON PDT... AT 1121 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF SHOSHONE. 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... US HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH OF MAJORS PLACE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3885 11468 3903 11468 3903 11444 3885 11444 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 090DEG 0KT 3894 11456 RCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1141 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 NVZ031-311915- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 1141 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM PDT... AT 1139 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDAS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MIDAS... MIDAS MINE... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4136 11681 4122 11666 4118 11686 4125 11694 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 243DEG 2KT 4125 11684 JRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1224 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2014
NVZ033-035-039-312015-
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-WHITE PINE
COUNTY NV-
1224 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE PINE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM PDT...
AT 1219 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF IBAPAH...OR 28 MILES EAST OF
LAGES JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTIONS OF TIPPERTS ROAD...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3991 11417 4017 11443 4028 11404 4016 11403
3997 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 245DEG 10KT 4007 11408
JRMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1228 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 NVZ033-039-312015- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 1228 PM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM PDT... AT 1223 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEQUOP SUMMIT AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM NEAR OASIS. THESE STORMS WERE 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 AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INTERSTATE 80 NEAR PEQUOP SUMMIT AND OASIS... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4114 11457 4096 11431 4069 11472 4085 11491 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 226DEG 1KT 4089 11468 94
The Elko radar (KLRX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water and mud several feet deep along the shoulder of Highway 93 about 35 miles south of Wells. Time and damages estimated. NWS Storm Survey completed.
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