Heavy rain caused flash flooding about 8 miles south of Charleston which made the road impassable.
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Heavy rain caused flash flooding about 8 miles south of Charleston which made the road impassable.
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 24, 2:00 PM PST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING. DRY AND PLEASANT CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY A PACIFIC FRONT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PULSED UP OVER NE NV TODAY AND WILL QUICKLY PASS THROUGH. LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE LOOPS...THERE CLEARLY WAS A DIURNAL SIGNATURE...AND EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO WIND DOWN AS THE SUN ANGLE DECREASES. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE ALMOST ZONAL/SLIGHT SW...ALTHOUGH THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A MARKET DIFFERENCE IN PW. EXPECTING MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SOUTHERN END OF AN UNUSUALLY STRONG MID SUMMER UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE VERY LIMITED SO ONLY EXPECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MAIN STORY WILL BE MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 70S TO THE LOWER 80S NORTH AND MID 70S TO THE MID 80S CENTRAL NV. TUESDAY MORNING WILL FEEL LIKE AN EARLY FALL MORNING WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 40S, WITH 30S IN THE COLDEST NORTHERN VALLEYS. A MORE NORMAL SUMMER PATTERN SETS UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH FOUR CORNERS HIGH EXPANDING NORTHWARD WITH HIGHS RETURNING TO NORMAL BY THURSDAY. DIFFERENCES CROP UP IN THE MODELS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH REGARDS TO POSITION OF UPPER HIGH AND HENCE EXACTLY THE TRACK OF MONSOON MOISTURE. THE GFS HAS THE UPPER HIGH CENTERED SMACK DAB OVER NEVADA KEEPING THE MONSOON MOISTURE MOSTLY OVER CA AND FAR WESTERN NV. THE ECMWF HOWEVER HAS THE HIGH CENTER FURTHER EAST ALONG THE NV/UT BORDER, THUS ALLOWING MONSOON MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. INHERITED DRY FORECAST AND WITH MODEL DIFFERENCES KEPT THE FORECAST DRY BUT TRENDED POPS UPWARD OVER THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE KEKO TERMINAL THROUGH 02Z. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDERSTORMS SO WILL HANDLE IT WITH VCTS. VFR WITH NO ADVERSE WEATHER AT OTHER TAF TERMINALS. && .FIRE WEATHER...THE RADAR AT KLRX WAS DOWN FOR TWO HOURS BUT IS NOW FUNCTIONING. UPON FIRST SCAN...CELLS IN 454...469 AND 470...WHICH ARE THE REMNANTS OF THE SYSTEM THAT PASSED THROUGH THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE STORMS THAT HAVE POPPED UP TODAY...ARE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE...LESS ORGANIZED...BUT ARE STILL PRODUCING LIGHTNING. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. A NEW PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL INFLUENCE THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY...USHERING A COLD POOL OF AIR TO THE REGION. FOR JULY 28TH...WENT FOR A HIGH TEMP OF 78F IN ELKO...AND THE MEAN MAX TEMP FOR JULY 28TH IS 92F FOR ELKO...MORE THAN 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AFTER THE FROPA...EXPECT RIDGING AND A WARMING TREND COMMENCING WEDNESDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 97/91/91/97
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 151 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 NVZ031-034-038-242145- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 151 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 150 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH FORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO...LAMOILLE...RYNDON...SPRING CREEK...SOUTH FORK...EMIGRANT MINE...HALLECK...LAMOILLE SUMMIT AND ADOBE SUMMIT. THIS INCLUDES OTHER LOCATIONS MILE MARKER 293 HUNTER...MILE MARKER 312 OSINO...AND MILE MARKER 317 ELBURZ. 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 4031 11594 4061 11598 4107 11589 4089 11521 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 237DEG 49KT 4059 11582 PJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 330 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 NVZ038-242315- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- 330 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM PDT... AT 329 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO...LAMOILLE SUMMIT AND ADOBE SUMMIT. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 293 HUNTER. LAT...LON 4067 11582 4076 11602 4099 11586 4090 11563 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 209DEG 18KT 4078 11587 CEC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 420 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 NVZ031-036-038-250000- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 420 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND WEST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM PDT... AT 420 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF DUNPHY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TUSCARORA AND NORTH AREA MINE. 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. 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 4081 11643 4096 11656 4148 11630 4116 11570 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 237DEG 48KT 4093 11642 PJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 459 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 NVZ031-250045- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 459 PM PDT FRI JUL 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM PDT... AT 458 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCARORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...NORTH FORK AND WILD HORSE RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 4139 11592 4151 11611 4192 11576 4173 11509 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 237DEG 47KT 4148 11596 PJS
The Elko radar (KLRX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused water to flow over a road about 8 miles south of Charleston making it impassable. Damages are estimated.
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