1 flash flood, 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 Aug 3, 2:00 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION 300 PM PDT SUN AUG 3 2003 .SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH MONDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE SILVER STATE ON TUESDAY BRINGING DRY WEATHER...STRONGER WINDS...AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK. .SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXITING ELKO CTY AS S/WV MOVES THROUGH NRN NV WITH UPPER JET ALONG ERN NV BORDER ATTM. THESE FEATURES WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATER TODAY BUT DO EXPECT ACTIVITY TO FIRE AGAIN LATER TODAY WITH MOST ACTIVITY ACROSS NE NV. BEST INSTABILITY ACROSS NRN NV TODAY...BUT ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO RECOVER GIVEN RECENT ACTIVITY. STILL EXPECT SCT COVERAGE FOR MOST OF CWFA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR MONDAY...UPPER LEVEL LOW IN ERN PAC PUSHES TOWARDS WEST COAST AS JET CORE MOVES INTO WRN NV. NW NV WILL GET ADDED UPPER LVL SUPPORT WITH LF QUAD INFLUENCE. ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NRN CWFA UNSTABLE WITH LI VALUES BELOW ZERO WITH 00Z GFS SHOWING VALUES BELOW -2 NORTH OF I- 80. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC TSTORMS FOR MOST OF CWFA WITH SCHC ALONG HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR AS SW FLOW DOES START TO WORK INTO THE REGION. UPPER LVL LOW LIFTS INTO PAC NW ON TUESDAY AS UPPER JET MOVES ACROSS THE CWFA. ATMOSPHERE DOES STABILIZE AND DO EXPECT DRY WEATHER TO RETURN TO THE REGION. CURRENTLY HAVE ZEROED OUT POPS...BUT ANY VORT FEATURE IN SYNOPTIC FLOW THAT COMBINES WITH PROGGED STRENGTH OF THIS JET COULD SET OF ISO TSTORM SO WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS. WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH NEAR 4-CORNERS REGION AND TIGHTENING GRADIENTS WILL SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE GREAT BASIN AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IN PAC NW FORMS CUTOFF LOW OF OFF PAC NW COAST MIDWEEK WHICH OPENS UP INTO STRONG TROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN KEEPING PATTERN RELATIVELY PERSISTENT INTO NEXT WEEKEND. UPPER HIGH SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST OF 4- CORNERS REGION ON FRIDAY AND GRADIENT DOES SLACKEN A LITTLE SO WILL NOT INTRODUCE BREEZY WORDING FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...YET. TEMPS WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES WITH THE CWFA DRYING OUT FROM ALL THE ACTIVITY WE HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. .EKO...NONE. FEHRN
NVZ030>037-041400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 500 AM PDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FEHRN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash floods washed out a section of forest road 037.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, August 2003
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: 5379978.