1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 230 PM PDT WED JUN 18 2003 CONVECTION CURRENTLY FIRING OVER NORTHWESTERN NEVADA. MOVEMENT OF THESE PULSE STORMS IS TO THE NORTH. CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF THE SIERRA. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL SHOWING THE UPPER TROUGH JUST OFF THE WEST COAST AT 12Z. GFS...ECMWF AND NOGAPS ALL SHOW THE TROUGH DEEPENING AND STARTING TO CUT OFF AS IT COMES ASHORE BY 12Z THURSDAY. THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES TO THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN ON THURSDAY AND THEN IS WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KREV CWFA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY 00Z FRIDAY THE GFS ACTUALLY SHOWS A CUT OFF LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING THE SAME THING 12 HOURS LATER AS THE GFS CIRCULATION IS OPENING BACK UP. THE GFS...EURO AND NOGAPS ARE REMARKABLY SIMILAR AT 12Z FRIDAY WITH THE UPPER TROUGH STILL EXTENDING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTH ALONG THE SIERRA CREST. BY 12Z SATURDAY THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A WEAKENING TROUGH BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED ALONG THE WESTERN ROCKIES. WITH THERMAL TROUGH STILL IN THE VICINITY ON THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF AFTN AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. GREATEST INSTABILITY IS NORTHEAST OF KREV CWFA ON FRIDAY. THERMAL TROUGH IS ALSO EAST SO HAVE TAKEN TSRA OUT OF FORECAST. RESULT IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ARE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS. OHARA IN THE EXTENDED...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... DRY BREEZY AND MILD SUNDAY WITH A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER NRN NV AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. CONTINUED DRY BUT A FEW DEGREES WARMER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH OVER NV WEAKENS. COREY .REV...NONE.
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-191400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 540 AM PDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
0406 PM PDT WED JUN 18 2003
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0358 PM 10 E BIEBER CA 0.75 IN HAIL
06/18/03 LASSEN
COXThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm outflow winds estimated at 75 mph caused scattered damage across Fallon including 5 downed power poles, a large tree blown into a fuel storage tank and a destroyed home gazebo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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