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FXUS65 KLKN 210314
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
814 PM PDT MON JUL 20 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* HISTORICALLY HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT TUESDAY
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TUESDAY FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEVADA
* A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN MOST OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEVADA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING TODAY THROUGH AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY
DISCUSSION
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)
8:00 PM UPDATE.
THE HEAT ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
NEVADA HAS EXPIRED. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS
MOST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING, LARGELY DUE TO THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. STORMS DID NOT REACH HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS EVENING (WHERE
CURRENT TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AS OF
8PM), HOWEVER TEMPERATURES THERE AND ACROSS THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO COOL THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL BE 3 TO 5 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE HIGHS
REACHED MONDAY. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
AVIATION
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH AT LEAST THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY
OF KEKO, KELY, KTPH, KBAM, AND KWMC THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. DIRECT TERMINAL IMPACT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ERRATIC WIND GUSTS NEAR 45
KNOTS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAINFALL.
FIRE WEATHER
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE SMALL
HAIL, WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH, AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES. ENHANCED RUNOFF AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN
STORMS THAT FORM OVER AREAS WITH ANTECEDENT RAINFALL FROM EARLIER
THIS WEEK (ESPECIALLY PORTIONS OF 470 AND 425).
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
NVZ031-033>041.
DISCUSSION...96
AVIATION...84
FIRE WEATHER...84
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