1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 14, 12:45 PM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 145 PM PDT SUN JUL 14 2002 WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT... STARTING TO GET STORMS FIRING ACROSS THE AREA. SPC MAY ISSUE A WATCH FOR NEVADA SHORTLY. A NUMBER OF THE STORMS YESTERDAY PRODUCED VERY STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WINDS AND HAIL IN THE WEST. MORNING SOUNDINGS WET AND UNSTABLE... STORMS SHOULD BE AS STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AS YESTERDAY. HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT WESTERN ZONES ON TUESDAY AS MODELS INDICATE MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED EAST. PLAN ON LEAVING A LOW POP IN THE EAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED. CONTINUE TO GET NEW FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING... WILL LEAVE RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT. OVERALL THE UPPER RIDGE IS SLOWLY SHIFTING EAST ALLOWING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO FLOW INTO NEVADA WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE WEEK BUT STAYING ABOVE NORMAL. .EKO...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 451...452...454...455 AND 457 FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 PM. 95
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew some shingles off a roof.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 2002
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: 5325432.