A dust devil moved across Warrior Field at Elko High School during the Relay for Life event. Five to seven tents were lifted off the ground.
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A dust devil moved across Warrior Field at Elko High School during the Relay for Life event. Five to seven tents were lifted off the ground. As the tents were lifted off the ground tables inside the tents were turned over resulting in minor injuries to 4 people.
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 18, 2:05 PM PST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 305 PM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015 .SYNOPSIS...LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NEVADA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING NORTH BEGINNING EARLY NEXT WEEK AS TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON IS SHOWING SOME CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. RADAR AT THIS TIME IS SHOWING A FEW CELLS TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST ELKO COUNTY AS WELL AS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. GRIDDED POP FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING WAS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RUN IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MODELS ARE SHOWING A CLOSED LOW OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA...WITH A DEFORMATION ZONE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY FOR THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF A US HIGHWAY 50 LINE. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REBOUND BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LIGHT WINDS. EXPECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS TO CONTINUE IN THIS AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. WITH THE UPPER LOW OFF THE SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PUMP MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. STORM SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE LOW SIDE...0 TO 5 KNOTS AND CORFIDI VECTORS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MONDAY...BUT AS OF NOW LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD BET. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LIGHT WINDS. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. OVERALL MODEL AGREEMENT IS DECENT SYNOPTICALLY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...BUT DIVERGE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE THAT THIS PERIOD LOOKS WET AND CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WITH POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH A CLOSED-OFF 500MB LOW JUST OFF CENTRAL CA COAST...WHICH IS DRAWING THE MOISTURE OF DELORES INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ADDITIONALLY...THE 500MB TROF THAT WAS DELORES WILL ALSO BE DRAWN NORTHWARD AND SPLITTING APART...WITH SOME BEING WRAPPED BACK INTO THE CLOSED-OFF LOW WHILE ANOTHER PIECE CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL NV MONDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW GETS KICKED EASTWARD AND OPENS UP OVER THE STATE ON TUESDAY AS A DEEPER 500MB TROF APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS TROUGH DEEPENS AS IT ENTERS NORCAL ON THURSDAY BEFORE EXITING THE STATE LATE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY...DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL IS USED. THE ECMWF AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN SPLIT THE TROUGH...CLOSING A PIECE OF IT WELL OFF THE CENTRAL CA COAST. THIS DELAYS THE PASSAGE...AS WELL AS WEAKENS IT WHEN IT DOES LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE LATE FRIDAY. NOW...WHAT THIS ALL MEANS IT A VERY JUICY ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLAY FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY. PW/K SURGE TO NEAR OT ABOVE 1 INCHES/30C (EVEN 40C IN SOME LOCATIONS) IN MOST AREAS DURING THIS TIME. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH PERIOD OF ENHANCE LIFT (MENTION ABOVE) WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE TO HIGH THAT SOME FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TOO EARLY TO SAY IF WE EXTEND THE WATCH FURTHER NORTH ON TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...OR EVEN THURSDAY AS CLOUD COVER COULD PLAY A ROLE IN LIMITING INSTABILITY. THURSDAY OR FRIDAY APPEAR THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FAIRLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH AS THE SHEAR INCREASES DUE TO THE APPROACHING TROF. ONCE AGAIN CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THIS AS MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF TROF. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24HRS. SOME SHOWERS MAY IMPACT KEKO OR KELY; HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT NO THUNDERSTORMS WILL. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST AT KELY AND KEKO THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LIGHTER WINDS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER...LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A US HIGHWAY 50 LINE FOR SUNDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA...WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGING NORTH. WETTING RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON MONDAY THROUGH THE MID-WEEK PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT DURING THIS PERIOD. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 86/85/85/86
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 247 PM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015 NVZ030-031-033>041-192200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 247 PM PDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEVADA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DELORES WILL BE PUSHING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING AS THE MAIN THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES FOR MONDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER PROVIDER FOR UPDATES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A dust devil moved across Warrior Field at Elko High School during the Relay for Life event. Five to seven tents were lifted off the ground. As the tents were lifted off the ground tables inside the tents were turned over resulting in minor injuries to 4 people.
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