ASOS unit at the Lovelock airport recorded sustained winds of 39 knots with gusts to 51 knots,
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ASOS unit at the Lovelock airport recorded sustained winds of 39 knots with gusts to 51 knots,
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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 1:45 PM PST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 245 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001 WEAK UPPER LOW JUST OFF CALIFORNIA COAST NEAR EKA HAS KICKED OFF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NE CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME NW NEVADA. AS WEST WIND HAVE KICKED IN OFF THE SIERRA ALSO WATCHING AREA FROM MINERAL COUNTY INTO THE BASIN AND RANGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SURFACE CONVERGENCE. OTHERWISE...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS BUILDS BACK INTO THE DESERT SW THROUGH FRIDAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE INCREASING 500MB HEIGHTS AND DRIER SW FLOW ALOFT TOMORROW. UPPER TROF REMAINS OVER THE PACIFIC NW AND MODELS BRING A FEATURE INTO NW CALIFORNIA FRIDAY. AVN REMAINS UNSTABLE ACROSS THE OREGON/NEVADA BORDER INTO FRIDAY. WILL RETAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN WASHOE AND LASSEN COUNTIES BOTH TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. THE RIDGE WEAKENS SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES AROUND THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. THIS DROPS INTO THE PACIFIC NW SUNDAY AND WILL BRING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO NE CALIFORNIA AND EXTREME NW NEVADA SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. MODELS DIVERGE AFTER SUNDAY WITH ECMWF MOVING THE TROF INTO ALBERTA...MRF/AVN DROPPING IT ALONG THE OREGON COAST AND THE NOGAPS KEEPING IT RELATIVELY STATIONARY. HAVE BACKED OFF SOMEWHAT FROM THE OLD MRF SOLUTION AS FAR AS COOLING BUT CAN NOT DISCOUNT THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS CNORTHERN AREAS. MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA WILL BE QUITE PLEASANT UNDER THIS PATTERN SAVE SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS. RIDGE APPEARS TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE. SG .REV...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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