Dam failure occurred in northern Nevada.
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Dam failure occurred in northern Nevada.
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 Apr 17, 2:25 AM PST, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 325 AM PDT Wed Apr 17 2019 .SYNOPSIS...Patchy fog is possible this morning, otherwise expect mostly sunny skies today. Dry Thursday and Friday with much warmer afternoon high temperatures. Wet weather returns on Saturday, with showers ending on Sunday. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Friday. Recent precipitation in combination with clear skies should lead to some patchy fog across portions of northern and central NV this morning. Dry with warming temperatures through Friday as high pressure builds in from the west. Most valley locations can expect highs on Thursday to climb into the upper 60s or low 70s, then into the 70s and possibly a few areas reaching 80 degrees on Friday. .LONG TERM...Friday night through next Tuesday. After several dry days there will be another shortwave low pressure system moving through the Great Basin over the weekend. This will be a quick-moving system without a lot of moisture that will bring valley rain and some snow to elevations above 7000 feet, and knock daytime temperatures back down into the 50s and 60s. The system should be all done by early Sunday morning. Next week will start under mild ridging with a basically dry regime and temperatures will rebound back into the 70s. && .AVIATION...Low pressure will continue to move southeast across Arizona and New Mexico overnight into Wednesday morning. As a result, VFR conditions with generally clear to partly cloudy skies will prevail across northern and central Nevada with only a small chance of patchy fog forming in the vicinity of KELY for a few hours around and after daybreak this morning. North to northwest winds could still gusts to around or a bit over 20kts at KTPH during the afternoon. && .HYDROLOGY...The Humboldt river near Battle Mountain is expected to remain elevated but below flood stage through this week. Down stream from Battle Mountain a crest on the Humboldt river is expected to reach the Winnemucca area on Thursday, which will bring the stage of the Humboldt up close to minor flood stage. Elevated flows continue today on some of the smaller streams and creeks around the region, such as the Bruneau river which continues to hover just above minor flood stage. Dry conditions are expected today through Friday, however temperatures will rise up into the upper 60s to low 70s Thursday and Friday, which will lead to rising flows for creeks and streams coming off snow capped mountains. Then on Saturday locally moderate to heavy rainfall will be possible in some areas which may lead to additional hydrologic issues, especially along smaller creeks and streams. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && 96/92/95
The Elko radar (KLRX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Charleston Reservoir Dam breached and about 25 feet of road washed away. No injuries were reported and personnel who use the water from the reservoir made repairs to the dam.
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