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 Aug 22, 1:20 PM PST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 220 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003 .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRESSURE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COMBINES WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TO GIVE US MOIST SOUTH FLOW OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN NEVADA...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNS TO NORTHEAST NEVADA SATURDAY WITH WARMER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY THROUGH MID WEEK. .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION REALLY BEGINNING TO KICK OFF. INTERACTION OF JET AROUND LOW CREATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF OUR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. AREA DRIES OUT SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT AND AREA RETURNS TO DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. .EXTENDED..MODELS HINT AT ANOTHER POSSIBLE MONSOON PUSH ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES THEN. .EKO...NVZ030>037 FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY. CLAYCOMB
NVZ030>037-231400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 500 AM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST NEVADA TODAY. REFER TO AWIPS ID RNOFFALKN...OR WMO HEADER WGUS65 KLKN FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MOISTURE WILL DEPART NORTHEAST NEVADA SATURDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALLEN
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
115 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 882 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
NEVADA UNTIL 7 PM PDT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR NORTHERN NEVADA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
HUMBOLDT...LANDER...EUREKA...ELKO AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE PINE.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH TO ONE INCH HAIL...AND
WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTH EAST NEVADA UNTIL 7 PM PDT.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO PASS ON REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...OR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.
EYSSAUTIERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5379984.