Thunderstorm Wind, Lander
- When
- June 18, 1:35 PM PST
- Where
- Lander County, 4 mi SE of Battle Mtn Arpt
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.934, -117.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 18, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 18, 8:00 AM PST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:00 AM PST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 AM PDT WED JUN 18 2003 .DISCUSSION...W/V IMAGERY SHOWS SPLITTING TROUGH ALONG WEST COAST THIS AM W/ MAIN VORT CENTER JUST ON THE NRN CA COAST. UPR JET ON FRONT SIDE OF THE TROUGH EXTENDS FM NRN CA INTO WA/OR AND THIS FEATURE IS ALREADY KICKING UP A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES IN A BAND OF MOISTURE FM CA/NV BORDER NWD INTO OREGON. ANOTHER VERY WEAK VORT FEATURE RESIDES ACROSS CNTRL NV ATTM AND IS PRODUCING MAINLY MID-LVL CLOUDS AND EVEN A SINGLE LIGHTNING STRIKE IN SW EKO CNTY EARLY THIS AM. MAIN FCST CONCERN TDY IS CONVECTION IN NW NV AND HOW WET WILL IT BE. 7H THETA-E RIDGE AND THERMAL TROUGH THROUGH NW NV THIS MORNING SHIFTS SLIGHTLY EWD THIS AFT AS TROUGH COMES ONSHORE. BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE ACROSS HUMBOLDT CNTY W/ LIS NR -2 AND CAPES UP TO 500 J/KG. WITH CONVECTION ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THIS AREA AND SUPPORT FM RRQ OF UPR JET IN OREGON SCT TS LOOKS GOOD. WEAK FEATURE IN CNTRL NV ALSO LIFTS NWD THIS AFTERNOON AND BELIEVE THAT SFC HEATING WILL FURTHER DE-STABILIZE ATMOS IN NRN EKO CNTY. THERMAL TROUGH SHIFTING INTO NCNTRL NV THIS AFT WILL ALSO ADD TO THE LLVL CONV. WILL INCR COVG TO SCT ALONG THE REST OF THE NORTH AS WELL. FAIRLY SHARP E-W MOISTURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE WITH PWS NR 2/3 AND DWPTS NR 50F ALONG THE SIERRAS TO LESS THAN 1/2 AND DWPTS IN THE LOWER 30S MOST OF NV. WITH DWPTS IN THE 30S IN HUMBOLDT CNTY THIS MORNING EXPECT STORMS TO START OFF DRY AND TRANSITION TO WET THIS EVENING. FOR THIS REASON FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. MAY NOT NEED THE RED FLAG BY THIS EVENING... BUT WILL SEE HOW SITUATION DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON. EKO...RED FLAG WARNING NORTHWEST NEVADA ZONE 451...HUMBOLDT COUNTY FOR DRY LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOENISCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:50 AM PST, 7 hours 45 minutes before
NVZ030>037-171400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 650 AM PDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN LANDER AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SMITH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Nevada, June 18, 2003
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 18 to 19, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 18, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, June 18, 2003
- Flood in Florida, June 18 to 21, 2003
- Hail in Illinois, June 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 18, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 18 to 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 18, 2003
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 2003
Sources
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: 5379754.