Nevada, 2001Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001
July 11, 2001 · NWS LKN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 11, 8:00 PM PST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 8:00 PM PST, 15 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
900 PM PDT WED JUL 11 2001
SHORT TERM...ANOTHER BUSY EVENING AS SHORTWAVE MOVES INLAND OVER
CALIFORNIA. INCREASING SOUTHERLY LOW/MID LEVEL FLOW AND MID LEVEL
DRYING WERE PROVIDING ORGANIZATION/INSTABILITY TO STORMS THIS EVENING
WITH STORMS BEGINNING TO TRANSITION FROM PULSE TYPE TO FAST NORTH
MOVING BOW STRUCTURES. STORMS THAT DEVELOPED SOUTH OF WINNEMUCCA
DIMINISHED AS THEY MOVED INTO HUMBOLDT COUNTY...BUT HAD A STRONG
OUTFLOW WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 48KT AT WINNEMUCCA. ANOTHER SERIES OF
BOWLIKE STORMS FORMED OVER WESTERN ELKO COUNTY AROUND 845 PM. THE
MESOETA ACTUALLY PICKED UP ON THIS DEVELOPING A STRONG VORT MAXIMA
OVER WEST CENTRAL NEVADA AND MOVING IT NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN
NEVADA BY 06Z. IN ADDITION...THE MESOETA SHOWED A JET MAXIMA
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA
AND HELPING TO INCREASE THE LOW/MID LEVEL FLOW. WILL NOT UPDATE
UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. HOHMANN
.EKO...NONE.
Thunderstorm Wind, Humboldt
- When
- July 11, 8:15 PM PST to 8:50 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt County, 20 mi S of Orovada
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -117.800
Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous highway signs along highway 95 around 20 miles south of Orovada. This same storm also produced a wind gust to 63 mph at the Morey Creek Raws site 6 miles southwest of Paradise Valley. As the storm moved through Orovada a farmer reported his hay crop destroyed.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, July 11, 20011 death · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, July 11, 20011 injured · $215,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2001$400,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, July 11 to 13, 20012 injured · $150,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 11, 20012 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 11, 2001$120,000 · 70 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001$45,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 11, 2001$15,000 · 0.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001$12,000 · 69 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 2001$15,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 20011 injured · 52 kt wind · 2 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257916.