A strong thunderstorm produced quarter size hail just east of Wells near Moor summit along Interstate 80. The hail covered the ground a couple of inches deep.
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A strong thunderstorm produced quarter size hail just east of Wells near Moor summit along Interstate 80. The hail covered the ground a couple of inches deep.
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 Apr 23, 1:26 PM PST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 226 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015 .SYNOPSIS...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA. MORE SHOWERS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. WARMING AND DRYING TREND SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...FOCUS FOR TS DEVELOPMENT HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD. THE BEST PARAMETERS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES. STORM MOVEMENT IS ALMOST NONEXISTENT...SO MINOR FLOODING IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS. BY EARLY FRIDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...QUICK MOVING SHORTWAVE WILL TRAVERSE NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEVADA. DYNAMICS/MOISTURE ARE MODEST...SO EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. A GENERAL ~0.10 INCH OF LIQUID WILL BE LIKELY...WITH MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL DIP TO ~7000-8000FT...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF HIGH ELEVATION SNOW. NO IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AT ANY PASS LEVELS. A MUCH STRONGER...NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH MOVES INTO NORTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MTN SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS BY LAT SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUN MORNING...BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIP WILL BE EXITING THE AREA. NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING MORE THAN A DUSTING TO ONE INCH BETWEEN 5500-6000FT. THE RUBY MTNS WILL SEE AROUND A HALF OF FOOT. THE MTNS IN WHITE PINE WILL SEE AROUND 1 FOOT OF FRESH SNOWFALL. THE STORMS RAPIDLY DEPARTS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BE REPLACED BY BREEZY NW WINDS AND MUCH COOLER TEMPS. NW NYE MAY FLIRT WITH WIND ADV CRITERIA...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEVADA SUNDAY INTO AND KEEPING THE RIDGE OVER THE CWA TUESDAY. THE RIDGE FLATTENS TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINING OVER THE CWA...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL WARM. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE 80 DEGREE MARK AT MANY SOUTHERN LOCATIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS AT KELY AND KEKO WILL DISSIPATE NEAR SUNSET THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NOT BEFORE POSSIBLY BRINGING ISOLATED GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND POTENTIALLY MVFR CIGS AND VIS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. OTHERWISE...VFR CIGS/VIS WITH WINDS MOSTLY BELOW 20 KNOTS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT ALL OF THE TERMINALS. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 94/87/87
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1135 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015
NVZ033-039-231900-
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
1135 AM PDT THU APR 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
NOON PDT...
AT 1135 AM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLOVER VALLEY. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST WENDOVER.
THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 399 PILOT PEAK AND MILE MARKER 407 OLA.
LAT...LON 4075 11407 4065 11433 4082 11444 4102 11405
4101 11404 4077 11405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 262DEG 3KT 4064 11462
FITZSIMMONSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
133 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015
NVZ034-038-232115-
SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-
133 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM PDT...
AT 131 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM MAY COLLAPSE AND OUT
FLOW WINDS COULD MOVE WELL NORTH OF THE CURRENT STORM LOCATION...
IMPACTING SPRING CREEK.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEE AND SPRING CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4053 11558 4062 11572 4078 11568 4074 11555
4066 11540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 206DEG 6KT 4063 11563
JRMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
204 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015
NVZ033-232145-
SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
204 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM PDT...
AT 202 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF WEST WENDOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST WENDOVER.
THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 407 OLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4054 11416 4070 11428 4072 11425 4082 11405
4067 11404 4058 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 242DEG 21KT 4066 11415
FITZSIMMONSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 207 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015 NVZ031-034-038-039-232145- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 207 PM PDT THU APR 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 206 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WELLS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLS...MOOR SUMMIT...AND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR WELLS. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 348 BEVERLY HILLS AND MILE MARKER 365 INDEPENDENCE VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4101 11504 4109 11510 4126 11486 4105 11467 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 239DEG 4KT 4110 11493 JRM
The Elko radar (KLRX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter covered the ground a couple of inches deep.
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