Thunderstorms produced flash flooding that washed debris across some roadways.
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Thunderstorms produced flash flooding that washed debris across some roadways.
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 8, 2:48 AM PST, 8 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 348 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY PRODUCING LIGHT RAINS...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS. SHOWERS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGERING OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MAIN CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE WAS TO EXTEND THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST FOR TODAY. RECENT CHANGES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAR ENOUGH WEST HOWEVER...AS LIGHTNING HAS JUST BEGUN NEAR AND TO THE WEST OF LOVELOCK AND IS SPREADING NORTH. MAY SEE ANOTHER UPDATE LATER THIS MORNING IF STORMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOST PORTIONS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. STORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEVADA ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE RELATIVELY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS AS PW VALUES ARE IN THE .4 TO .5 RANGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER MUCH OF EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA HOWEVER...WHERE BOTH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS ELEVATED. SHOWERS BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH SHOWERS LINGERING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. LATE TUESDAY MORNING OR BY THE MID-AFTERNOON AT THE LATEST...THE SHOWERS WILL END OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA UNDER A MORE STABLE AND DRIER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING TROUGH. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. BENIGN WEATHER WILL BE ON TAP THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE REGION. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 70S TO THE MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE 40S. && .AVIATION...SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN NV TODAY BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, PRIMARILY IMPACTING THE KTPH AND KELY TERMINALS. MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS OTHERWISE VFR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT IMPACTING MAINLY THE KELY TERMINAL. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOIST AIR MASS SPREADING UP FROM SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE IN ZONES 455 AND 457. LATEST MODEL RUNS NOW SHOW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR TODAY EXTENDING A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST THAN PREVIOUS GUIDANCE...GENERALLY CLIPPING THE SOUTHERN HALVES OF ZONES 467-470. SHOWERS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 96/91/91/96
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1121 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 NVZ035-081900- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 1121 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL NOON PDT... AT 1120 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCGILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY... 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 3981 11440 3958 11410 3943 11455 3956 11471 TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 225DEG 20KT 3956 11454 PJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1123 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 NVZ035-081915- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 1123 AM PDT MON SEP 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM PDT... AT 1120 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONNORS PASS... MAJORS PLACE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3922 11464 3905 11421 3874 11466 3887 11482 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 225DEG 20KT 3887 11466 PJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms sent water and debris across State Highway 376 from mile post 8 to 14. Damages estimated.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms sent water and debris across US Highway 6 from mile post 54 to 58. Damages estimated.
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