A decaying line of storms in central Nevada produced strong gusty outflow winds, which impacted the Timber Mountains in northern Nye County.
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A decaying line of storms in central Nevada produced strong gusty outflow winds, which impacted the Timber Mountains in northern Nye 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 Aug 11, 2:28 AM PST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 328 AM PDT Sat Aug 11 2018 .SYNOPSIS...Temperatures cool slightly, but remain above average into next week. Isolated dry thunderstorms and a couple of showers will be possible today in central Nevada, expanding in coverage heading into next week. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Sunday. The much anticipated "cooler" day is here. Unfortunately, daytime highs will still be several degrees above average and remain there through the short term. Isolated dry thunderstorms will be possible across eastern NV today, but coverage will be sparse. Better coverage will exist on Sunday as moisture pushes north and west. Isolated to perhaps scattered storms will be possible with mostly dry storms storms. Some of the storms will trend wetter by Sunday, but not by much. Any storm will have a threat for strong gusty outflow winds, especially with classic inverted V soundings and very dry sub- cloud layer. .LONG TERM...Sunday night through next Friday. Model agreement is only fair at this time. Sunday night through Tuesday morning. A low pressure area to the north of Nevada will keep the monsoon flow into the Silver State somewhat subdued initially. Wet thunderstorm coverage may increase northward however these wetter storms will primarily affect areas south of highway 50 in central Nevada and areas east of the Rubies. Low temperatures will range from the mid 50s to the mid 60s. High temperatures will be in the 90s. Tuesday afternoon through Thursday evening. Outside of eastern Nevada, there should be enough moisture by Tuesday for most areas to have dry thunderstorm potential. Models are indicating a peak in the surge of moisture on Wednesday with the mean core streaming through the 4-corners area. Eastern Nevada will be the beneficiary of the wet storms once again. High temperatures will range from the mid 80s to the mid 90s. Low temperatures will generally be in the 50s. Thursday night through Friday. A weak low pressure wave will cut through extreme northern Nevada and essentially kick the moist flow eastward. High pressure will then build quickly over California and Nevada to dry things out. Low temperatures will generally be in the 50s. High temperatures will be in the 90s. && .AVIATION...VFR but hazy conditions are expected through Sunday morning for KWMC KEKO KELY KTPH and KBAM. Thunderstorms will develop across eastern White Pine county Saturday afternoon but should stay to the east of the KELY terminal. && .FIRE WEATHER...RFW remains in effect across FWZ 467 for today and looks good. Very dry RHs and gusty winds will be common. Elsewhere, hot and very dry conditions will prevail. There could be a few isolated dry thunderstorms across eastern Nevada, but coverage will be sparse. A better chance for convection will be Sunday and heading into next week as moisture tries to expand north and west. The main concern at this time remains the record low live fuel moisture and high ERCs across portions of northern Nevada. We will have to closely monitor thunderstorm coverage with fuels being so receptive to new starts. It is not out of the question that RFWs will be needed at some point for FWZs 455, 469, and 470. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning from 11 AM this morning to 11 PM PDT this evening for Central and Western Humboldt County. && 94/92/92/94
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 248 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Timber Mountain RAWS gusted to 50 mph with thunderstorm outflows.
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