Hail up to the size of nickles fell in Spring Creek and took off leaves and twigs from trees.
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Hail up to the size of nickles fell in Spring Creek and took off leaves and twigs from trees.
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 5, 2:30 AM PST, 10 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 330 AM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015 .SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PIECES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE PARENT SYSTEM. AUTOMATED STATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ARE SHOWING CLOUD BASES AT OR ABOVE 10K FT THIS MORNING WITH HIGH CLOUDS OVERHEAD AS WELL. RADAR IS NOT SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ECHOES AT THIS TIME. MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM STAYING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. SOME DRIER AIR IS NOTED IN THE SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AT THIS TIME...WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA LATER TODAY. PREVIOUS SHIFT MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS DRIER AIR AND NOT TOO MANY CHANGES WERE MADE FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S WEATHER. EXPECTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED. FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...ANY SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...WITH SOME CLOUDS EXPECTED TO HANG AROUND. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE WARM STILL...WITH READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. BY SATURDAY...THE UPPER LOW IS PROJECTED TO MOVE SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHOULD BE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY. HAVE KEPT FORECAST ON TRACK WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S ONCE AGAIN WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH ~162HRS...WITH INCREASING SPREAD/UNCERTAINTY BEYOND THAT. SATURDAY EVENING...MODELS DEPICT ~574DM UPPER-LEVEL LOW CENTERED NEAR LINCOLN COUNTY NV. WITH THIS LOCATION...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA. MODELS ARE SHOWING GOOD QPF...WITH WIDESPREAD VALUES BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.25 INCH. EXPECT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SUNDAY...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO IMPACT NORTHERN NEVADA...WITH ANOTHER 0.10 INCH OF PRECIP. AGAIN...SOME LOCALES WILL SEE LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UNDER PERSISTENT SHOWERS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...500MB HEIGHTS RISE TO NEAR 586DM...WHICH WILL SUPPORT TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE...DECIDED TO SPLATTER SLIGHT/ISO POPS THROUGHOUT THE CWA. HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE ON THE MTNS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODELS BEGIN TO SHOW DIVERGING SOLUTIONS...WITH INCREASING ENSEMBLE SPREAD. MAIN GLOBAL MODELS SHOW AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW SLIDING ONSHORE AROUND SAN FRAN...MOVING EASTWARD. THIS WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND ALLOW FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS. IT IS WAY TOO EARLY TO GUESS AT WHERE THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE...BUT THE ENTIRE CWA WILL SEE INCREASED CHANCES OF PRECIP. && .AVIATION...VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR ALL TAF LOCATIONS. VCTS WILL BE COMMON TODAY...WITH ABOUT A 30% CHANCE OF TS/TSRA AT THE TERMINALS. ANY TS/TSRA WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. AFTER SUNSET...VCSH/SHRA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. KEKO/KWMC COULD SEE PERSISTENT PRECIP SET UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...IF THIS HAPPENS...TEMPOS WILL BE INCLUDED WHEN CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 86/94/94
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 209 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015 NVZ031-052145- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 209 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 206 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT STATE HIGHWAY 225 ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WILD HORSE RESEVOIR. LAT...LON 4143 11554 4120 11558 4124 11598 4151 11593 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 070DEG 7KT 4132 11570 CEC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 212 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015 NVZ031-034-038-039-052200- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 212 PM PDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM PDT... AT 212 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF CLOVER VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLS...CLOVER VALLEY AND ANGEL LAKE. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 344 SR 230 AND MILE MARKER 348 BEVERLY HILLS. LAT...LON 4101 11469 4076 11487 4094 11522 4118 11506 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 122DEG 17KT 4097 11497 CEC
The Elko radar (KLRX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail covered the ground and took off leaves and twigs. Hail was mostly pea to dime size, with some hailstones near nickel size.
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