1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 2:00 AM PST, 2 hours earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 AM PDT MON SEP 16 2002 IMPRESSIVE LITTLE CLOSED LOW MOVING ACROSS CNTRL SIERRA ATTM...AND PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 50 TODAY. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WAS INITIALLY LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING HAS BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS WITH A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM NRN NYE CTY NNWWD TO HUMBOLDT CTY. NOT SURPRISINGLY GIVEN THE SMALL CIRCULATION PRESENT AND RECENT TRENDS...MODELS STILL NOT IN THE GREATEST AGREEMENT...NOR DO THEY HAVE A GREAT HANDLE ON THIS SYSTEM. FOR TODAY...EXPECT CURRENT BAND OF PRECIP TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST AS DYNAMICS MOVE EAST. VERY IMPRESSIVE CONV-DIV COUPLET CONTINUES TO SHOW UP...WITH A SMALL COLD POOL AT H5 WHICH META DEPICTS BEST. DUE TO COLD POOL...EXPECT TS TO CONTINUE TO BE MOST NUMEROUS NEAR THE COLD POOL OVER EAST CNTRL WITH ISOLD ACTIVITY FURTHER NORTH. AS FOR POPS...WILL GO LIKELY/NMRS EASTERN 2/3 OF AREA AND SCT MORNING IN HUMBOLDT. AVN ALSO HINTS AS WRAPAROUND MOISTURE LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON HRS ACROSS ELKO CTY...AND GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS THIS APPEARS POSSIBLE. WILL NOT TRY TO TIME HERE DUE TO THIS...BUT END THINGS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON NR HWY 50 AS STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF WAVE BEGINS TO SQUASH THINGS. TOTAL QPF WILL STILL BE LIGHT...LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...BUT ISOLD HALF INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AS FOR TEMPS...FWC WAY TOO WARM...AND WILL GO SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MAV TEMPS DUE TO EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. TONIGHT...CLEARING TO TAKE PLACE AND WILL ONLY HAVE TOKEN 10S IN THE FAR NE TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY MORE WRAPAROUND. HOWEVER...SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AHEAD OF NEXT S/W SO WILL WARM TEMPS UP QUITE A BIT FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE...BUT NOT AS WARM AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. TUESDAY...WAVE WILL ONLY BE A BRUSH BY WITH MAINLY MORE CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTH. SOME LLVL MOISTURE ACCORDING TO MODELS BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DYNAMICS SO CURRENT 10S NR THE NRN BORDER ARE OK. TUES NIGHT AND WED...COOL NW FLOW ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL KEEP TEMPS NR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...BUT WITH LITTLE CLOUD COVER AS EAST PAC RIDGE AMPLIFIES A BIT. EXTENDED...A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY HERE. MODELS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE OF LATE...BUT SEEM TO BE COMING MORE IN LINE TO A WEAK NW FLOW ALOFT. AVN/MRF ODD MAN OUT SHOWING LOWER HGTS...BUT STILL DRY FOR FRI. A COUPLE MODELS HINTING AT MOISTURE POSSIBLY TRYING TO WORK UP FROM TS ISELLE. AGREE WITH VEGAS HERE THAT PROGGED ORIENTATION OF RIDGE MAKE THIS VERY UNLIKELY. WILL CONTINUE GOING EXTENDED OF CLIMO FCST DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...PRIMARILY WRT TEMPS. WALLMANN .EKO...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds produced a wind gust to 66 mph at the Ruby Lake Raws station.
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