1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 21, 12:30 PM PST, 15 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 PM PDT FRI JUN 21 2002 12Z LKN SOUNDING HAD PW OF .70 AND LI OF -6. STORM ACTIVITY INCREASING ACROSS CWA AT THIS TIME... WILL HAVE TO KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BUT STORMS WILL BE WET ENOUGH TO AVOID DRY LIGHTNING. WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS TONIGHT AREAWIDE DECREASING TO SLIGHT CHANCE TOMORROW. SOME CONCERN OF FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SLOW MOVING STORMS... PER COORDINATION WITH BOI WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NORTH. SPC CALLED ABOUT CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY ARE CONSIDERING A WATCH FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ALREADY HAD A FEW MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH HAIL AND WIND MAIN THREAT. FORECAST DRIES OUT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST AND FLOW GOES ZONAL. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL KEEP THE AREA UNSETTLED BEGINNING MONDAY... WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. .EKO...NONE. 95
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Argenta RAWS site reported a 59 mph wind gust.
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: 5325428.