Thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 63 mph across central Nevada.
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Thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 63 mph across central Nevada.
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 9, 8:00 AM PST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 AM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS NEVADA TODAY AND FRIDAY...PRODUCING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD AND WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY. && .UPDATE...UPDATED ALL GRIDS AND FORECASTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO FINE TUNE THEM TO THE 12Z NAM MODEL RUN. ANOTHER STORMY AFTERNOON ON TAP FOR NEVADA WTIH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. ATMOSPHERE IS ALREADY QUITE UNSTABLE ACROSS WESTERN ZONES WITH LIFTED INDEX OF -4 AND CAPE OF 1000. FOCUSED HEAVY RAIN WORDING ACROSS THESE WESTERN ZONES, WHERE HIGHER PW IS MAINTAINED THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE EASTERN 1/2 OF THE CWA, MOISTURE QUALITY HAS DEGRADED QUITE A BIT, WITH PW NOW ONLY 0.50 INCH FROM EUREKA AND POINTS SE. MORNING ELKO SOUNDING CONFIRMS THE DRIER AIR, WITH PW DOWN TO 0.65 (DOWN 0.22 INCH VERSUS YESTERDAY). AS SUCH, FLOODING THREAT IS REDUCED TODAY ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA, WITH MUCH MORE CONCERN FOCUSED ON STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES. MENTIONED GUSTY WIND WORDING FOR EASTERN ZONES. 12Z NAM, WHICH HAS BEEN DOING EXCELLENT LATELY, ALSO DISPLAYS A DECIDEDLY BIMODAL STORM DISTRIBUTION TODAY, WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN/STORMS FROM WINNEMUCCA TO AUSTIN TO MANHATTAN, AND A SECONDARY CONVECTIVE MAX ALONG AND EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS, WHERE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 55-60 MPH ARE MORE LIKELY, WITH LESS ACTUAL RAIN. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE ON THE SOUNDING IS ONLY 75 DEGREES, SO EXPECT STORMS TO INITIATE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AGAIN BY NOON, AND THEN ROTATE NORTH INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. TURNER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 303 AM / SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY. THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE SPLIT WITH LIMITED ACTIVITY IN ELKO...WHITE PINE AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AND SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR MOVE IN. ON THE WEST...MORE STORMS ARE FORECAST FOR HUMBOLDT...LANDER/EUREKA...AND NORTHWEST NYE COUNTIES AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RADAR THIS MORNING HAD A FEW STORMS ROLLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WHITE PINE AND WESTERN NYE COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SO...BUT THOSE ARE EITHER DIMINISHING OR MOVING OFF. SATELLITE SHOWS SOME CLEARING ACROSS THE EAST...AND A SPOTTER FROM SPRING CREEK REPORTED EARLY MORNING DENSE FOG IN THE AREA. HAVE PUT FOG IN THE GRIDS FOR SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY FOR THIS MORNING. ALL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED CLOSED CIRCULATION MOVING INTO EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH- CENTRAL NEVADA BY THIS LATE AFTERNOON. 0-3KM BULK SHEAR VALUES WILL BE IN THE 15-20 KNOT RANGE ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NYE...LANDER...AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES...AS WELL AS DECENT CAPE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE IN THIS AREA...WITH GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOWING SOME SLIGHT WARMING IN THE 500-650MB LAYER AT THE KEKO...KENV...AND KELY LOCATIONS WITH SOME STABILIZING AS A RESULT. HAVE DECREASED POPS IN THIS AREA INTO THE HIGH ISOLATED TO LOW END SCATTERED CATEGORY. MODELS ARE ALSO SHOWING DRYING WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES DECREASING TO BETWEEN 0.50 TO 0.66 INCHES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH 0.66 TO 0.80 INCHES IN THE WEST ACROSS HUMBOLDT...LANDER...AND NORTHWEST NYE COUNTIES. IN THE WEST...STORM SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 15-25 MPH. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE WITHIN THE WEST. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG...BUT WITH SHEAR ON THE LOW SIDE...ORGANIZATION IS NOT A HIGH PROBABILITY BUT CANNOT RULE OUT ONE OR TWO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. ALSO...THERE IS THE THREAT ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. HAVE KEPT THE LOCATION OF ENHANCED WORDING FOR HEAVY RAIN RELATIVELY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS SHIFT. CONTEMPLATED SOME KIND OF FLOOD WATCH BUT DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE...ONLY EXPECTING ADVISORY TYPE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S FOR MOST LOCATIONS TODAY. FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. BY FRIDAY...ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BECOMING AN OPEN WAVE ACROSS CA AND NV. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST OCCURRENCE MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW 70S TO LOW 80S. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A BROAD UPPER TROUGH AFFECTING MUCH OF THE CWA WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AT THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH SATURDAY. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH DIGS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST WHILE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE END RESULT FOR THE GREAT BASIN WILL BE A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS SUNDAY INTO THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. SUBTLE SHORT WAVES RIDING WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING OF EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. AVIATION...UPPER TROUGH TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT OVER EASTERN CALIFORNIA/WESTERN NEVADA TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXTEND FROM HUMBOLDT SOUTH THROUGH PORTIONS OF LANDER/EUREKA AND INTO NORTHWEST NYE COUNTIES CLOSE TO THE UPPER TROUGH. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED/SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. ANY STRONGER STORMS MAY RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS. FIRE WEATHER...SOME DRIER AIR...WITH PW'S AROUND 0.50 TO 0.66 INCHES ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR...WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN FIRE ZONES OF 469-470...AND 455...LIMITING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. STORMS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN FIRE ZONES OF 467-468 AND THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF 454 AND 457. ALTHOUGH STORM MOTIONS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH...THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALL WET. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
854 AM PDT THU JUL 9 2015
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0441 PM TSTM WND GST 27 ENE EUREKA AIRPORT 39.73N 115.52W
07/08/2015 M58 MPH WHITE PINE NV MESONET
MESONET STATION ALLIGATOR RIDGE RAWS /ALLN2/
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CECSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1119 AM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 NVZ037-040-091900- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY NV- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- 1119 AM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE AND SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTIES UNTIL NOON PDT... AT 1118 AM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF KINGSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RAILROAD PASS. STATE HIGHWAY 722 SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN... LAT...LON 3917 11729 3911 11751 3928 11772 3940 11739 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 160DEG 34KT 3921 11744 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1254 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 NVZ034-038-039-092045- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- 1254 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM PDT... AT 1253 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF RUBY VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR ON THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMOILLE...RUBY VALLEY...SPRING CREEK AND SECRET PASS. LAT...LON 4061 11504 4055 11527 4076 11551 4086 11506 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 160DEG 42KT 4066 11519 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 126 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 NVZ031-036-038-092130- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 126 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL EUREKA AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM PDT... AT 126 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARLIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARLIN AND SOUTH AREA MINE. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 286 CARLIN CANYON. LAT...LON 4057 11601 4062 11620 4111 11634 4108 11599 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 173DEG 25KT 4070 11610 RLC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 132 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 NVZ031-038-092130- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 132 PM PDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM PDT... AT 132 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKO...RYNDON...SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE SUMMIT. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 312 OSINO. 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 4078 11557 4075 11576 4112 11594 4119 11564 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 166DEG 19KT 4085 11570 RLC
The Elko radar (KLRX), 231 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust to 63 mph was recorded at the Ely ASOS.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at the Warm Springs Summit mesonet site.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 577933, 577932.