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 25, 12:30 PM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 PM PDT FRI JUL 25 2003 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH A REDUCED RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS...BEFORE THE HIGH MOVES EAST ONCE AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK...WITH THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING. .SHORT TERM...LATEST SAT IMAGERY SHOWS ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION FIRING UP...WITH THE BULF OF THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHERN FA. THE SE FA IS EXPERIENCING A DELAY IN THE CONVECTIVE ONSET WITH AM SHWRS TEMPORARILY WORKING THE ATMOS OVER...BUT CU POPPING IN LAST HR...SO LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL JOIN IN THE CONVECTIVE PARADE SOON. TNGT...BOTH GFS/ETA DEPICT THE VORT CENTER/DEEP MOISTURE CROSSING THE FA LATE THIS AFTN/EVE...EXITING THE NE FA BY 12Z OR SO. FLOW REMAINS LIGHT FROM H7 DOWN...WITH SOME INCR IN MID LEVEL WINDS BY H5. DESPITE THAT...RAINFALL RATES STILL AN INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER IN THE STRONGER STORMS...THUS WILL KEEP THE FFA OUT FA WIDE THRU MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS WELL...WITH 1000 J/KG OF CAPE AND SOME MID LEVEL SUPPORT/SHEAR WITH THE VORT CENTER. WILL HOLD OFF ON SEVERE WORDING IN ZONES...AND HANDLE VIA NOWCASTS. POP WISE...WILL MONITOR TRAINING ACTIVITY ACROSS ZONES 36/37 FOR PSBL BUMPUP TO NUMEROUS...OTHERWISE HIGH END SCT LOOK GOOD FOR MOST AREAS EARLY...BECMG ISO BY 12Z OR SO. SAT/SUN...ETA/GFS DIFFER A BIT CONCERNING BOTH IMPULSE PLACEMENTS AND DEEP MOISTURE...BUT CONSENSUS IS TO HAVE THE BEST MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FA...WITH THE NW FA A BIT DRIER. WILL NOT GET TOO PICKY...KEEPING POPS LOW/MID SCT SAT/SUN AFTN...WITH ISO AT NIGHT. WITH BETTER MOISTURE SAT ACROSS THE EAST...WILL KEEP LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WORDING. MON...THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES BACK OVERHEAD THE FA. GFS KEEPS SOME MOISTURE AROUND...AND THIS SOLUTION HAS BEEN SOLID THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED...THUS WILL KEEP SCHC POPS IN. .EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS NOT FAR APART...KEEPING THE RIDGE OVERHEAD FOR TUE...BEFORE PUSHING IT EAST MID/LATE WEEK. NOT MANY CHANGES PLANNED...AS THE SCHC TUE...WITH CHC POPS WED THRU FRI LOOK GOOD AS MOISTURE WILL CREEP BACK INTO THE REGION. .EKO...FLOOD WATCH NVZ030>037 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ALLEN
NVZ030>037-261400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1024 AM PDT FRI JUL 25 2003 UPDATED TO EXPAND FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. FOR MORE DETAILS SEE WGUS65 KLKN OR AWIPS ID RNOFFALKN. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. SEDLOCK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
543 AM PDT FRI JUL 25 2003
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0305 PM 2 S CARLIN NV FLASH FLOODS
07/24/03 ELKO STATE HIGH 278 WAS CLOSED
DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
0748 PM 3 SE GOLCONDA NV 85 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/24/03 HUMBOLDTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
945 PM PDT THU JUL 24 2003
TIME(PDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM BEOWAWE NV WIND DAMAGE 07/24/03
EUREKA 1 1/2 INCH DIAMETER
TREE LIMBS DOWN
BPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lander county sheriff reported water running over state highway 305 between Austin and Battle Mountain.
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: 5379931.