1 high 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 Sep 15, 1:15 PM PST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 215 PM PDT SUN SEP 15 2002 SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THEN MOSTLY DRY AND MILD WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. DISCUSSION...AVN IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE DUE TO BEST INITIALIZATION OF THE 5H TROF OFF THE WEST COAST. IT BRINGS A 5H CLOSED LOW TO THE NRN CA COAST BY 00Z THIS AFTERNON...AND TO LOVELOCK BY 12Z MONDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVES THE TROF EAST OF NEVADA BY 00Z MONDAY AFTERNOON. TROF POSITION IS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND ADDED 10 PERCENT POPS TO SOUTHERN ZONES TONIGHT. THOUGH 5H WINDS TONIGHT ARE OVER 50 KTS WITH A STRONG VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH...WE WOULD NORMALLY DECOUPLE ENOUGH TO KEEP LOWER LEVEL WINDS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WILL KEEP THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTH AND NORTHWEST CWA UNTIL THIS EVENING. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE WITH MONDAY NIGHT BEING THE COLDEST NIGHT. SOME LOWS MAY DIP BELOW FREEZING IN PLACES THAT HAVE NOT DONE SO THIS FALL. A WEAK INSIDE SLIDER MAY BRING A SHOWER TO THE FAR NORTH TUESDAY...OTHERWISE A DRY FORECAST AFTER MONDAY. THE 12Z AVN DROPS 5H HGTS AT LEAST 100 METERS LOWER THAN LAST NIGHTS MRF BY FRIDAY MORNING. WILL ASSUME COOLER NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CWA AND KEEP TEMPS DOWN A BIT IN THE EXTENDED. NEYMAN .EKO...FIRE WEATHER WATCH UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING ZONES 451...455 AND 457 FOR WIND GUSTS AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 64 mph associated with an approaching cold front was reported by a weather spotter near the junction of Highway 95 and 290 about 30 miles north of Winnemucca.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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