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 Jul 24, 7:45 AM PST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 845 AM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 KLRX IMAGERY SHOWING LIGHT PRECIP ACTIVITY CONTINUING ACROSS NRN NV ATTM. UPPER HIGH CONTINUES TO REMAIN NEAR THE 4-CORNERS REGION WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ROTATING AROUND THIS FEATURE. MORNING SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION SHOWING PW VALUES AROUND AN INCH WITH REV NEAR 1.3 WHERE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS. 24 HOUR TRENDS SHOWING HIGHER DEWPOINTS WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH FIRST GLANCE AT UPPER AIR DATA AND PROGS SHOWING COOLER IN LLVLS SO TEMPS WILL NOT BE AS WARM AS PREVIOUS DAYS...THOUGH WILL STILL SEE TEMPS ABOVE 100 IN WARMER VALLEYS. ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE WITH RESPECTABLE CAPE AND NEG LIS...BUT DO HAVE SLIGHT INVERSION ABOVE H5 THAT MAY HINDER CONVECTION ACROSS ELKO CTY TODAY. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS. FIRST LOOK AT LATEST MODELS CONTINUING TO SHOW FAIRLY PERSISTENT PATTERN THOUGH HAVE JET INFLUENCE TO CONSIDER. UPPER JET ROTATES ACROSS WRN NV ON FRIDAY WITH CWFA UNDER RR QUAD INFLUENCE LATE THIS WEEK. THIS WILL HELP PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION AND HAVE TO LOOK AT HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES GIVEN WEAK FLOW ALOFT AS STORMS WILL NOT MOVE TOO QUICKLY. WILL LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL FOR AFTERNOON PACKAGE. WILL DO MINOR UPDATE FOR MORNING WORDING AS FORECAST IS ON TRACK. .EKO...NONE. FEHRN
NVZ030>037-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 515 AM PDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash floods closed state highway 278 for over 2 hours as mud up to two feet deep in places covered the highway.
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, July 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: 5379759.