|One vehicle slide off was reported.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced penny size hail that covered the highway to a depth of 2 inches.|One vehicle slide off was reported.
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 May 21, 1:45 AM PST, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 245 AM PDT THU MAY 21 2015 .SYNOPSIS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CLOSED UPPER LOW ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST PUMPING MORE MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA. DEWPOINTS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS ARE HIGHER THAN OVER EASTERN NEVADA. POPS ARE THUS LOWER THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN SECTIONS...BUT WILL INCREASE TODAY AND THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. STILL LOOKING AT MILD INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION ALOFT FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS EVERYWHERE AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MUD IN THE DESERT AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. TEMPS WILL REMAIN COOL TO NORMAL FOR HIGHS...WARMISH FOR LOWS DUE TO CLOUD COVER. WINDS LIGHT FOR SPRING. FLOODING POTENTIAL WOULD INCREASE BUT FOR THE LIGHT TO ISOLATED HEAVY NATURE OF THE SHOWERS. IT'S A GOOD LONG TERM WATERING THING AND WE NEED IT. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UNSETTLED PATTERN IS EXPECTED THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN PROGS A NEAR NEUTRAL TO NEGATIVE PNA PATTERN...AND ALL THE DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE HAS BACK TO BACK MOISTURE LADEN RUNS FOR THE LKN CWA. THE NCEP RMOP IS IN BOLD AND CONFIDENT TERRITORY WITH THE LOW HEIGHTS OVER THE WEST. THE NAEFS PW'S ARE NEARLY 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL FOR NORTHERN NEVADA. BUMPED UP POPS THIS FORECAST PERIOD THROUGH F144. CLIMATE WISE...THE MONTHLY AVERAGE PRECIP FOR ELKO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IS .96 OF AN INCH. TO DATE...ELKO HAS ALREADY DOUBLED THAT AND IF THE QPF COMES TO FRUITION FROM NCEP GUIDANCE...ELKO WILL BE NEAR OR BREAK THE RECORD FOR WETTEST MAY ON RECORD WHICH WAS SET IN 1971. && .AVIATION...SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN AT THE TAF SITES FOR THE ENSUING 24 HR PERIOD. MVFR CIGS/VIS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THE NEXT 6 DAYS...EXPECT SHRA AND TSRA IN THE TAFS. && .FIRE WEATHER...COOL...HUMID...WET...IT JUST KEEPS GOING. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 98/97/97
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1248 PM PDT THU MAY 21 2015 NVZ031-036-038-212015- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY NV- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY NV- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 1248 PM PDT THU MAY 21 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN EUREKA... NORTHEASTERN LANDER AND SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM PDT... AT 1245 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALISADE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PALISADE...DUNPHY...BEOWAWE...EMIGRANT PASS...NORTH AREA MINE AND SOUTH AREA MINE. THIS INCLUDES MILE MARKER 269 EMIGRANT. LAT...LON 4057 11607 4055 11656 4102 11663 4104 11600 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 239DEG 49KT 4065 11622 CEC
The Elko radar (KLRX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:52 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to penny size hail covered the highway to a depth of 2 inches. One vehicle slide off was reported.
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