Thunderstorm winds uprooted a 1 foot diameter tree which fell on 3 vehicles causing damage.
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Thunderstorm winds uprooted a 1 foot diameter tree which fell on 3 vehicles causing damage.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 1:00 PM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2015 .SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP MAINLY OVER ELKO COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN SEASONABLY WARM. AN UNUSUAL JULY COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING AND COOLER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC HURRICANE DELORES IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NEVADA EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR A CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY, SW TO NEAR EUREKA/AUSTIN, BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND SUNSET. FRIDAY...STRONG TROUGH AND JET ENERGY, CERTAINLY FOR MID-JULY STANDARDS, DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE PAC NW. ASSOCIATED CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ELKO COUNTY, TO NEAR JIGGS, TO NEAR AUSTIN WILL REACTIVATE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT (CAPE TO 1000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX TO -4) TO SUPPORT THESE STORMS, AND THE APPROACHING JET ENERGY FROM THE NORTH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BULK SHEAR VALUES. STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG A WEST WENDOVER-RUBY LAKE-AUSTIN LINE. 12Z NAM DEVELOPS A 995 MB SURFACE LOW OVER SE ELKO COUNTY BY 5 PM, AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL RESULT ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA, SW WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ON/NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. FRIDAY TEMPERATURES...COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO FAR NORTHERN NEVADA, WITH LOCATIONS ALONG THE ID/OR BORDER HOLDING IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. OTHERWISE, UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S (NEAR NORMAL) WILL PREVAIL. FRIDAY NIGHT...UNUSUAL JULY COLD FRONT SLIPS INTO NORTHERN NEVADA, REACHING THE U.S. HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. STRONG TROUGH EDGES INTO NW NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, WITH STRONG LIFT OVERSPREADING THE NORTHERN ZONES. MODELS, ESPECIALLY THE GFS, HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS LIFT, GENERATING NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS NE NEVADA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. 12Z MRA POP GUIDANCE FOR ELKO IS CHIMING IN AT 82%, SO CONFIDENTLY INCREASED SHOWER COVERAGE, WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER, TO THE NUMEROUS/LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MUCH OF ELKO COUNTY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY. EXPECTING SOME NE NEVADA VALLEYS TO PICK UP NEAR 0.10 INCH OF BENEFICIAL QPF EARLY SATURDAY. SATURDAY...TROUGH LINGERS ACROSS NEVADA WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING, DELIVERING A COOLER AIRMASS TO NEVADA. SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ELKO COUNTY, UNDER THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT. SATURDAY TEMPERATURES...UNSEASONABLY MILD AND COMFORTABLE, WITH MANY VALLEYS HOLDING IN THE UPPER 70S, 10-15 DEGREES BELOW MID JULY NORMALS. TURNER .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TIMING OF BRINGING THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLORES OVER THE GREAT BASIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER SATURDAY BUT TRENDING WARMER SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE TROUGH/LOW SETTLES IN OVER NORTHERN NEVADA...HOWEVER THE GFS IS DEEPER AND CLOSES OFF LOW WHILE THE EC IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH TROUGH AND MOVES THE TROUGH FARTHER EAST ON SUNDAY. DUE TO UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS SHOWERS WILL BE PREVALENT SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MID-DAY SUNDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80. MODELS ARE DEPICTING SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE CLIPPING SOUTHERN NEVADA WHICH WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. PW'S AT THIS TIME DO NOT SUPPORT FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR. MONDAY...MODELS SHOW UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA...WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA BUT COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED AS DRIER MORE STABLE AIR WILL BE THE RULE. SLIGHTLY WARMER UNDER THE RIDGE WITH TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 80S. TUESDAY...ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH/LOW WILL DIP INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WHILE THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLORES WILL MOVE TOWARDS CALIFORNIA. THE NEW EC RUN BRINGS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE UP QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS RUN AND GIVE THE GREAT BASIN A DIRECT SHOT OF MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY WHILE THE GFS KEEPS IT WEST UNTIL WEDNESDAY. ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO POPS AND SKY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...HOWEVER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS THE GFS HAS BEEN TRENDING TOWARDS EC SOLUTION. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DIP INTO PACIFIC NW WITH GREAT BASIN UNDER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WHILE TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM DOLORES SETTLES OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY WITH CONVECTION MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE BACK INTO MID TO UPPER 80S WHICH ARE CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR JULY. RLC && .AVIATION...ISOLD -TSRA EXPECTED TO AVOID THE TERMINALS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS CONVECTION WILL FOCUS FROM EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...TO NEAR EUREKA...TO NEAR AUSTIN. KEPT CB/VCTS MENTION OUT OF TAFS, WITH BKN CU DECK SOUTH AND EAST OF KEKO THROUGH SUNSET. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS COULD AFFECT KEKO THROUGH THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH DID NOT MENTION IN THE TAF. FRIDAY...-TSRA COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AND MAY AFFECT KEKO AND KWMC DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RLC && .FIRE WEATHER...ISOLATED CONVECTION THROUGH SUNSET ACROSS SOUTHERN FWZ 469/470, AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF FWZ 454. STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THESE SAME FWZ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ENTERING NORTHERN NEVADA. MAIN CONCERN IS CRITICAL WIND/RH ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AHEAD OF THE INCOMING COLD FRONT. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CENTER OVER NE WHITE PINE COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY SW WINDS ACROSS FWZ 455 AND 457. WINDS ACROSS THESE ZONES WILL AVERAGE 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH, AND COMBINE WITH MIN RH OF 7-10% TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHITE PINE COUNTY (FWZ 455) FUELS ARE NOT DECLARED CURED AS OF YET, SO NO RFW WILL BE ISSUED. WIND/RH COMBINATION WILL BE MOST CRITICAL ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF FWZ 457 (NE NYE COUNTY), AND OPTED TO UPGRADE FWZ 457 TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR NOON-8PM FRIDAY. WESTERN FWZ 457, FROM NEAR TONOPAH TO NEAR AUSTIN, ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL WIND/RH CRITERIA. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LESS WIND WILL REDUCE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ON SATURDAY. TURNER && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY/LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. && 99/90/90/99
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 418 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2015 NVZ034-038-162345- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- 418 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 417 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAMOILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMOILLE AND SPRING CREEK. LAT...LON 4067 11556 4081 11560 4086 11534 4067 11532 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 253DEG 51KT 4076 11547 TURNER
The Elko radar (KLRX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms winds uprooted a 1 foot diameter tree which fell on 3 vehicles in a hotel parking lot causing damage.
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