1 high 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 3, 1:00 PM PST, 2 hours earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT TUE SEP 3 2002 SYNOPSIS...A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A SMALL THREAT OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY. AN APPROACHING LOW WILL COMBINE WITH HURRICANE HERNAN TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BEGINNING ON THURSDAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DISCUSSION...SAT IMAGERY SHOWING THE MAJOR WX FEATURES QUITE NICELY. UPPER TROF CONTINUING TO DROP OFF OF THE PAC NW COAST AND UPPER-AIR DATA FROM THIS MORNING SHOWING 110KT+ JET PUSHING DOWN THE BACK OF THE SYSTEM WHICH WILL HELP IT DIG OFF OF WRN COAST. HURCN HERNAN CURRENTLY NEAR 19N/120W STILL PROGRESSING ON WNW TRACK. CLOSER TO THE CWFA HAVE S/WV FEATURE MOVING THRU UT AND SEEING A LOT OF CONVECTION WITH THIS. WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE SPREADING DECENT AMT OF CLOUDS ACROSS ERN CWFA BUT ATMOSPHERE SEEMS TOO STABLE FOR ANY PRECIP TO FORM. ALSO HAVE WEAK FEATURE MOVING INTO NW NV BUT NOT SEEING MUCH DEVELOPMENT AND LEANING TOWARDS A DRY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. FOR TOMORROW...WEAK S/WV MOVES ACROSS THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND WITH DESTABLIZING ATMOSPHERE WILL GO WITH SCHC ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL RAISE PRECIP CHANCES ON THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WITH AVN BEING MOST AGRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE ACROSS ERN NV. NOT SURE I BELIEVE THIS WITH DEPICTED DRY SLOT ACROSS WRN NV AND PREFER ETA SOLUTION. WITH APPROACHING TROF WILL SEE HTS FALL AND LLVL TEMPS DROP BUT MODELS DIFFER ON EXACTS WITH AVN MUCH COOLER. BELIEVE THIS A BIT OVERDONE AND LEANING TOWARDS FWC NUMBERS...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY THOUGH TEMPS WILL DEFINATELY FALL TO BELOW NORMAL VALUES. WITH TIGHTENING GRADIENTS AND AND MLVL/LLVL SUPPORT WILL GO WITH BREEZY/LOCALLY WINDY WORDING. STARTING FRIDAY SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENT MAY COMMENSE DEPENDING ON EXACTS OF UPPER TROUGH AND MOVEMNT OF HERNAN. ETA NOW SHOWING A MORE WESTERLY TRACK FOR HERNAN WHILE AVN SHOWING GOOD CONSISTENCY WITH NW MOVEMENT THOUGH IT HAS SLOWED HERNAN DOWN A LITTLE. DIFFERENCES RELATE TO EVOLUTION OF UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST OF HERNAN WHICH THE AVN MAINTAINS FORCING HERNAN TO THE NORTH WHILE THE ETA HAS THIS UPPER TROUGH DISSOLVE INTO THE UPPER RIDGE. MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS SLOWLY COMING INTO AGREEMENT ON HAVING THE UPPER TROF DIG DOWN AND PICKING UP HERNAN WHICH WOULD THEN SHEAR ACROSS CWFA IN FRI/SAT TIMEFRAME. TIMING AND ORIENTATION OF FEATURES CRITICAL AS AVN BRINGS MOISTURE UP ACROSS ERN NV WITH POS TILT TROF WHILE A MORE NEUTRAL TO NEG TILT TROF WILL BRING MOISTURE UP ACROSS ALL OF OR FAR WRN NV. ORIENTATION OF UPPER JET WILL ALSO BE CRITICAL WITH MODELS SHOWING MAIN JET CORE IN NRN CA AND ERN OR. HAVE GOOD CONVERGENCE COUPLET WITH LOW LIS AS DYNAMICS ARE QUITE GOOD WITH SHOWERS/TSTORMS LIKELY ON FRIDAY GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS. WINDS WILL BE TRICKY WITH ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER INHIBITING MIXING POTENTIAL THOUGH HAVE GOOD THERMAL PACKING AND LLVL SUPPORT. WILL GO WITH LOCALLY WINDY WORDING AND WATCH EVOLUTION AS TOO MUCH WIND WILL CONFINE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TO A LOW-MID CLOUD DECK WITH ONLY A FEW SPRINKLES. UPPER TROUGH PROGGED TO MOVE ONSHORE SUNDAY WITH MAIN TROUGH AXIS PASSING OVER CWFA ON MONDAY. GIVEN UNCERTAINTIES AND RECENT TRENDS OF SLOWING WX PATTERN DOWN WILL KEEP CHC WORDING IN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SCHC POPS EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS WX PATTERN EVOLVES. WILL UPDATE SPS AS WELL AND REISSUE WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. FEHRN .EKO...NONE.
NVZ030>037-041030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 310 PM PDT TUE SEP 3 2002 ...SIGNIFICANT CHANGES POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN LATER THIS WEEK... THE DRY WEATHER THAT HAS DOMINATED THE GREAT BASIN THIS SUMMER MAY COME TO AN ABRUPT END LATE THIS WEEK...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH FROM THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC COULD COMBINE WITH THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE HERNAN TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN. ALTHOUGH THE TIMING OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS COMING TOGETHER IS STILL UNCERTAIN...THE END OF THE WEEK WILL OFFER THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...WITH STEADY RAINS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS WELL. SINCE JULY...MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN HAVE SEEN LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION...SO MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS NEEDED. COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS NOTICEABLY COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO NEVADA FROM THE NORTHWEST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/ELKO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong gust of wind knocked down a metal light pole at the Flying J Travel Plaza in Winnemucca. The light pole fell onto nearby power lines knocking out power to 1990 customers.
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, September 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: 5325437.