3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm 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 6, 2:39 PM PST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 252 PM PDT FRI SEP 6 2002 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE EAST OF NORTHERN NEVADA BY SUNDAY....BRINGING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... BEFORE ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE GIVES A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY. .DISCUSSION...FAIRLY STRONG VORTMAX MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NV THIS AFTERNOON..AS RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 100+ KNOT 3H JET CORE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NV. PLENTY OF MID AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT ACROSS THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON...AS GOES PW IMAGERY INDICATES PWS RANGING FROM 0.50 OF AN INCH...MAINLY WEST... TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 1.00 IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. HIGHEST STORM CELL CORE REFLECTIVITIES HAVE RANGED FROM 55 TO 62 DBZ THIS AFTERNOON WITH REPORTS OF SMALL...PEA-SIZED...HAIL AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING IN THE NORTHWEST...AS VORTMAX MOVES INTO SOUTHERN ID. HOWEVER 3H RIGHT ENTRANCE JET DYNAMICS WILL KEEP CONVECTION GOING OVERNIGHT IN THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA. DEEPEST MOISTURE IN WHITE PINE COUNTY...SO HAVE GONE NUMEROUS POPS THERE WITH SCATTERED ELSEWHERE. DRY SLOT BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY...BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH TO SCOUR MOISTURE OUT OF THE EAST ON SATURDAY. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE NORTHWEST...AS WEAK VORTMAX CROSSES JUST TO THE NORTH ALONG THE OR BORDER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON IN EAST CENTRAL...WHERE MOISTURE WILL DEPART LATEST...AND SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWFA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TROUGH MOVES NORTH OF NV SUNDAY...AS IT SPLITS FROM SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH WHICH SAGS SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHERN CA COAST. LOOKS LIKE AIR WILL BE TOO STABLE TO PRODUCE CONVECTION SUNDAY. FLOW AROUND UPPER LOW CLOSING OFF THE SOUTHERN CA COAST MONDAY AND AND UPPER HIGH OVER NORTHERN NM MAY DRAW SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NV MONDAY. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 11 IS PROGGED BY NHC TO MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FOR THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WHICH MAY DEVELOP. FOR NOW THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS ON THIS FLOW PATTERN. HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCES OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHERN ZONES FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MRF AND MRF ENSEMBLES...AS WELL AS 00Z UKMET...SHOW NEXT TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WEST FROM THE EASTERN PAC THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FOR NOW HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR MODEL CONTINUITY. .EKO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES 31...32 AND 34. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains along Mountain City Highway 8 miles north of Elko pushed a 20 foot wide mudslide across the highway.
Heavy rains pushed boulders across Highway 93 near contact.
Thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph ripped through Montello.
Heavy rains pushed mud and debris across road in Ruth.
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: 5325438, 5325439, 5325440, 5325441.