1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jun 2, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT SUN JUN 2 2002 SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WITH WARMER DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA PUTTING AN END TO THE SHOWERS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION...WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TAPER THEM OFF TO NOTHING BY MONDAY EVENING. MODELS MOVE TROF EAST AND START TO BUILD A RIDGE INTO NV BY THEN. LAST LINGERING INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY MONDAY. OTHERWISE...WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED. TROF MOVING THROUGH IDAHO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL DECREASE 5H HGTS A BIT BUT ACTION SHOULD STAY TO OUR NORTH. BEST SHORTWAVE GOES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND NIGHTTIME AIRMASS IS MORE STABLE TO START WITH. NEYMAN .EKO...NONE.
NVZ030>037-022230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1100 AM PDT SUN JUN 2 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. OCCASIONALLY A STORM MAY DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A COLD AIR FUNNEL. THESE FUNNELS RARELY TOUCH DOWN AND ARE VERY SHORT LIVED. AT TIMES A DEVELOPING RAIN SHAFT CAN RESEMBLE A FUNNEL BUT SHOW LITTLE ROTATION. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO PRODUCE DUST DEVIL TYPE DISTURBANCES WHICH WILL PICK UP DEBRIS AND SWIRL IT AROUND. MOTORISTS AND OTHERS OUTDOORS SHOULD BEWARE OF THE ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FLYING DEBRIS AND SUDDEN RAIN SHOWERS THAT REDUCE VISIBILITY. NEYMAN
NVZ030>037-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1100 AM PDT SUN JUN 2 2002 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. OCCASIONALLY A STORM MAY DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY AND PRODUCE A COLD AIR FUNNEL. THESE FUNNELS RARELY TOUCH DOWN AND ARE VERY SHORT LIVED. AT TIMES A DEVELOPING RAIN SHAFT CAN RESEMBLE A FUNNEL BUT SHOW LITTLE ROTATION. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO PRODUCE DUST DEVIL TYPE DISTURBANCES WHICH WILL PICK UP DEBRIS AND SWIRL IT AROUND. MOTORISTS AND OTHERS OUTDOORS SHOULD BEWARE OF THE ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FLYING DEBRIS AND SUDDEN RAIN SHOWERS THAT REDUCE VISIBILITY. NEYMAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Motorist reported nickle size hail along I-80 just west of West Wendover.
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, June 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: 5325425.