Thunderstorm winds snapped off the top of a tree in Spring Creek. Thunderstorm winds up to 63 mph were also reported across other parts of Elko county.
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Thunderstorm winds snapped off the top of a tree in Spring Creek. Thunderstorm winds up to 63 mph were also reported across other parts of Elko county.
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 Jun 29, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER OR NEAR NEVADA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...KEEPING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HOT AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG HOT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS CENTERED NEAR SALT LAKE CITY THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER HOT AFTERNOON, IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S, BUT AS EXPECTED A FEW NOTCHES DOWN FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ACROSS NEVADA, THANKS TO SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UTAH ANTICYCLONE. WITH IMPROVING MOISTURE QUALITY /PW 0.80-0.90 INCH FOR ALL ZONES/ AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S OBTAINED, SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER MAINLY CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL PULL CONVECTION INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH STORMS MORE PROFICIENT AT PRODUCING SOME RAINFALL DOWN TO THE GROUND. AS USUAL, STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH, AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. MOST CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET, BUT ALLOWED FOR SOME SHOWERS AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS OVERNIGHT, KEEPING TUESDAY MORNING'S LOW TEMPERATURES VERY WARM IN THE 60S ONCE AGAIN. TUESDAY...UPPER HIGH REMAINS STRONG AND MOVES LITTLE, DRIFTING SW TO NEAR ELY/CEDAR CITY BY 5 PM. AN ACTIVE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH MOST CONVECTION EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF WINNEMUCCA. NAM CONTINUES TO BE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE MOISTURE SUPPLY, WITH WIDESPREAD PW OF 1.0-1.1 INCH BY TUESDAY EVENING, WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. STRONGEST INSTABILITY PROGGED BY NAM TO BE ACROSS ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, WITH CAPE TO 1000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX OF -3 TO -4. 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO FORECAST VERY WEAK FLOW AT 700 MB /0-5 KTS/ SO STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY. ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS CONTINUE TO POINT TO A FLASH FLOODING THREAT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EASTERN 1/2 OF THE CWA. GAVE SOME THOUGHT ON ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH, BUT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY SCATTERED, AND WITH SLOW STORM SPEEDS, CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE IS NOT THERE FOR A WATCH AT THIS TIME. CONTINUED TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE GRIDS AND FORECASTS. CLOUDS, MOISTURE AND CONVECTION SHOULD KEEP MOST VALLEYS BELOW 100 DEGREES TUESDAY, DESPITE THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER HIGH. TUESDAY NIGHT...AGAIN, A MOIST AIRMASS WILL ENCOURAGE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO STICK AROUND OVERNIGHT, WITH MORE RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S EXPECTED. WEDNESDAY...HOT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RETROGRADES WESTWARD TO NORTHERN NYE COUNTY BY 5 PM, WITH HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CONTINUING ACROSS NEVADA. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO YIELD ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ACROSS THE SE 1/2 OF THE CWA. INCREASED CONVECTION COVERAGE TO SCATTERED FOR THESE SE ZONES. GFS CONTINUES VERY WEAK 700 MB FLOW OF 0-5 KTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEARBY, SO ONCE AGAIN WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. MOISTURE QUALITY DEGRADES A BIT WEDNESDAY, AND WITH THE SUPPRESSION OF THE UPPER HIGH, FEEL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF CONVECTION WEDNESDAY WILL BE REDUCED FROM THAT OBSERVED ON TUESDAY. TURNER .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. STRONG RIDGE OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST THROUGH SATURDAY WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR RECORD LEVELS...WITH MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S EACH AFTERNOON. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE UNDER THE RIDGE WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY...RESULTING IN CONTINUED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN LATE IN THE WEEKEND ALLOWING MOISTURE TO INCREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST INTO MONDAY. SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR AN INCH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF THEIR NEAR-RECORD LEVELS BY SUNDAY...AND COOL TO UPPER 80S AND MID 90S ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. MOST FAVORABLE OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TS WILL BE KWMC AND KEKO...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS SINCE THEY ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY SITE. ON TUESDAY THE TS FOCUS SHIFTS TO KEKO AND KELY AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS NEVADA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS CLIMBING WELL ABOVE THE 0.75 INCH THRESHOLD, AS SUCH EXPECT RAIN TO REACH THE SURFACE FROM MOST CONVECTION THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY, SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE FOCUSED ON ELKO COUNTY, SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES, NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. ACROSS THESE AREAS, SCATTERED COVERAGE IS LIKELY (LAL 4), WITH NUMEROUS COVERAGE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN (LAL 5). PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WITH VALUES NEAR ONE INCH. THIS MOIST AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH SLOW STORM MOTIONS OF LESS THAN 10 KTS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING, TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN, WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS THE SE FWZ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. TURNER && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/96/96/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 208 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 NVZ031-034>041-301200- NORTHERN 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- 208 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG, PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, AND GUSTY ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF NEVADA ON TUESDAY. THE MONSOON MOISTURE SUPPLY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, ALLOWING FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
125 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015
NVZ031-292115-
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-
125 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM PDT...
AT 124 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY RESERVOIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ELKO
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4199 11404 4183 11404 4181 11406 4193 11423
4194 11423 4199 11418 4200 11415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 219DEG 20KT 4193 11409
TURNERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 245 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 NVZ034-039-292215- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- 245 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM PDT... AT 242 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUBY VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 229 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 93... RURAL ELKO COUNTY SOUTH OF CLOVER VALLEY... LAT...LON 4050 11493 4047 11519 4074 11518 4076 11492 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 186DEG 40KT 4067 11506 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 318 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 NVZ034-038-039-292300- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV- 318 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM PDT... AT 317 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR RUBY VALLEY TO NEAR CLOVER VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLOVER VALLEY...RUBY VALLEY AND SECRET PASS. LAT...LON 4071 11477 4059 11528 4082 11532 4094 11481 TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 229DEG 50KT 4073 11498 TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 343 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 NVZ039-292315- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 343 PM PDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM PDT... AT 342 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLS AND MOOR SUMMIT. INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN WELLS AND PEQUOP SUMMIT... THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 365 INDEPENDENCE VALLEY. LAT...LON 4096 11469 4099 11493 4116 11498 4113 11457 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 190DEG 51KT 4106 11480 TURNER
The Elko radar (KLRX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds snapped off the top part of a tree. It was estimated from pictures that the tree was 3 to 4 inches in diameter where it snapped.
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