A nearby station measured severe outflow winds from a collapsing storm.
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A nearby station measured severe outflow winds from a collapsing storm.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 2:39 AM PST, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 339 AM PDT Sat Jul 3 2021 .SYNOPSIS...Showers and thunderstorms possible through the Fourth of July Holiday weekend, with gusty winds and brief heavy downpours possible. Will still be quite warm to hot each day as well. Expect drier and even hotter temps next week as ridging dominates over the region. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Sunday. Increasing clouds across most of northern and central NV later this morning and through the afternoon hours. Weak instability in combination with elevated surface dew point and mid-level moisture are expected to produce another round of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to mainly areas north of the I80 corridor today. By the early evening hours there should be enough instability across portions of central NV for some cumulus cloud build-ups, however any thunderstorms development is expected to be very limited. Dry conditions are expected tonight, with shower and thunderstorm activity then redeveloping on Sunday. Thunderstorm coverage on Sunday will expand in areal coverage to include most of the CWA. Any storms that do develop today or on Sunday will have the potential to produce moderate to possibly heavy rainfall, along with gusty outflow winds. .LONG TERM...Sunday night through next Saturday. A heat dome building across the region is expected to bring more near-record heat to the Great Basin next week. A few lingering clouds and maybe an afternoon shower or thunderstorm across the the mountain ranges of White Pine county are expected Monday before the 500 mb high pressure expands and strengthens across the Four Corners region Tuesday and Wednesday. High temperatures will climb well into the 90s with 100s in lower valley locations common Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows will generally be in the upper 50s and 60s for much of the state. However, far eastern Elko county including West Wendover could drop only into the middle 70s with Heat impacts possible. There could be just enough monsoon moisture wrapping around the high pressure to bring a few afternoon showers and thunderstorms to the area by midweek but meaningful moisture is not expected. A trough is expected to move into the the Pacific Northwest Thursday with winds being the main concern across Nevada raising fire weather concerns. && .AVIATION...Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected this afternoon north of the I-80 corridor. Currently site KEKO has the best chances of seeing any thunderstorms in its vicinity with site KWMC seeing showers around its location. Our central sites are expected to be free of afternoon convection with only some high cloud cover across the sites and gusty afternoon conditions at site KTPH. && .FIRE WEATHER...Isolated to scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the weekend. Today most storm activity is expected to be confined to areas north of the I80 corridor. On Sunday storms will be possible across all of northern and most of central NV. Wettest storms will be over northern FW Zones on Sunday, with a mix of wet and dry storms over portions of central NV. Warmer and drier conditions are expected across all zones on Monday. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && 96/93/94/96
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 236 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (SCHNV) 12.1 SE Ely (Ndot), Elevation 6687 feet.
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