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 24, 1:30 PM PST, 50 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 PM PDT WED JUL 24 2002 .SYNOPSIS...AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR SKIES LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SHORT TERM...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE POPS AND TEMPERATURES IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING 5H TROUGH CURRENTLY OFF THE CA COAST. FOUR CORNERS HIGH WILL DRAW UP SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WHICH LOOKS TO STAY MAINLY IN EASTERN NV FOR ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TONIGHT...MOST ACTION WILL BE FOUND IN WHITE PINE/SOUTHERN LANDER/SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES WHERE THETA-E RIDGE AND NEGATIVE LIS ARE PRESENT. WILL GO WITH SCT POPS. MODELS INDICATE INSTABILITY FOR ELKO COUNTY AND WILL USE ISOLD POPS THERE. NE CORNER HAS HAS RRJ SUPPORT THIS EVENING. WITHOUT ANY STRONG DYNAMICS TO KEEP CONVECTION GOING...SHOULD BE DIURNAL IN NATURE AND DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET. FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...SHEARED-OUT TROUGH SITS ACROSS N CA AND NW NV. 60KT JET MAX NOSES INTO CA AND CENTRAL NV. AVN DRIES OUT ATMOS QUICKLY...BUT BELIEVE RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL STILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO FIRE WITH JET SUPPORT...MAINLY IN THE SOUTH. WITHOUT ANY FAVORED REGION OF JET IN PLACE...AGAIN EXPECT ANY CONVECTION TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE AND END AFTER SUNSET. FOR FRIDAY...SHEARED-OUT TROUGH SLOW TO MOVE OUT...BUT VERY DRY AIR BEHIND IT. WILL LEAVE IN ISOLD POPS IN THE FAR EAST AS TROUGH HASNT FULLY MOVED OUT. PLEASANTLY COOLER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH WILL BRING TEMPERATURES SLOWLY DOWN TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL VALUES...IN THE 80S. .LONG TERM...AVN STILL HOLDS TROUGH BACK ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN PART OF CWA. LIS ALSO AT OR BELOW ZERO...SO WILL ADD IN A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CONTINUE IN THE EAST. FOR SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE ON SOLUTIONS. EXTENDED AVN AND ECMWF SHOW MORE ZONAL FLOW WITH 5H TROUGH DROPPING DOWN FROM CANADA. HOWEVER...UKMET AND CANADIAN SHOW A MORE AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER WEST WITH 5H LOW DROPPING DOWN BEHIND IT. IF THIS SCENARIO OCCURS...TROUGH WILL NOT HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE AND WILL ONLY BREAK DOWN AMPLIFIED RIDGE IN PACIFIC. OTHER FACTOR WHICH BOTH MODELS ARE PICKING UP ON IS REMNANTS OF HURRICANE. MODELS WANT TO MOVE THIS FEATURE UP BETWEEN HIGH IN CENTRAL US AND HIGH IN PACIFIC. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FORECAST DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN SOLUTIONS AND BRIEF NEXT SHIFT THAT CHANGE MAY NEED TO BE MADE. STROOZAS .EKO...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph at the Crane Springs RAWS site and 68 mph at Spring Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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