High winds caused damage to trees and sheds and power outages in Tonopah. A wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at the Tonopah airport.
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High winds caused damage to trees and sheds and power outages in Tonopah. A wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at the Tonopah airport.
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 Mar 11, 2:10 AM PST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 210 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 .SYNOPSIS...MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER HUMBOLDT AND NORTHERN ELKO COUNTIES. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS ON MONDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN SHOWERS ARE BEING SEEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA...NORTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR. SNOW LEVELS ACROSS NORTHERN ELKO AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES APPEAR TO BE IN THE 7000-7500 FOOT RANGE BASED ON REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED STATIONS. FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...MODELS ARE SHOWING AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THE BIG STORY WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE STRONG WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. 700 MB WIND SPEEDS ARE STILL FORECAST TO BE AROUND THE 40-45 KNOT RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOMALIES OF +3-4SD. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...IN SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA...WHITE PINE...AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES...AND THIS IS ON TRACK. ALTHOUGH WINDY IN OTHER LOCATIONS...BELIEVE ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE REACHED IN ENOUGH AREAS TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. LOOK FOR OFF AND ON SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY. HIGHS FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. FOR TONIGHT...THE MODELS ARE SPLITTING THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. HAVE KEPT POPS ACROSS THE AREA IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY...AND SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 6000-7000 FEET...DECREASING TO 5500-6000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH LESS THAN A HALF INCH EXPECTED. GIVEN THE WARM ROAD SURFACES...DON'T THINK ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS PASSES. IN THOSE LOCATIONS...LOCAL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. SATURDAY...A MAINLY WEST TO EAST FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THIS TIME. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE I-80 CORRIDOR DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5500-6000 FEET TO START BUT WILL INCREASE TO 6000-6500 FEET BY THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY...BUT AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S NORTH TO UPPER 50S IN THE CENTRAL. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. HEIGHTS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE AS THE NEST STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. GOOD MOISTURE WILL BE PULL IN FROM THE PACIFIC. AS SUCH SHOWERS INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 6000-6500 FEET...WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE 5500-6000 FOOT LEVEL. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. THE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH SUNDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS REMAINING AROUND THE 5500-6000 FOOT LEVEL...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. EXPECT THE PNA PATTERN TO TRANSITION FROM NEUTRAL TOWARDS SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE THIS FORECAST PERIOD. AT THE ONSET OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THE NOSE OF THE JET TO PUSH DIRECTLY INTO THE LKN CWA...WITH DIFFLUENT FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE...EXPECTING ROBUST WINDS TO MATERIALIZE AT THE SURFACE.THENAEFS EVEN PINGS INTO A 30 YEAR RETURN INTERVAL FOR U- COMPONENT WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM. OVERALL THE PATTERN SUGGESTS THAT THIS WILL BE A STRATIFORM EVENT. MOST IMPRESSIVE PARAMETER AT THIS TIME IS THE INTEGRATED WATER TRANSPORT...THAT BRINGS A SLIVER OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER OVER THE CREST OF THE SIERRA AND INTO NORTHEASTERN NV...BY 00Z MONDAY. BETWEEN 3-6AM MONDAY...EXPECT THE SNOW LEVEL TO DESCEND INTO THE VALLEYS...RESULTING IN 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW. THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6500 FEET WILL HANDILY GET A FOOT OR MORE.POPS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AS THE STORM CLEARS THE REGION AND THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK...WITH THE 570 DAM BACK IN THE LKN CWA BY 18Z WEDNESDAY. BY 12Z FRIDAY...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER THE SAGEBRUSH STATE. && .AVIATION...WITH THE JET STREAM OVERHEAD EXPECT LIGHT TO MOD TURBULENCE AND GUSTY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL WORK THEIR WAY INTO NORTHERN NEVADA...ADDED -SHRA TO KWMC AND KEKO.EXPECT CIGS AND VSBY TO REMAIN VFR FOR THE ENSUING 24 HR PERIOD. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 86/97/97
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 209 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 NVZ030-031-033>041-121015- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 209 AM PST FRI MAR 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL NV WHERE SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS ON MONDAY WITH 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds caused damage to trees and sheds and power outages in Tonopah. A wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at the Tonopah airport. Damages are estimated.
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