Nevada, 2003

Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 7, 2003

June 7, 2003 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
230 PM PDT SAT JUN 7 2003

CONVECTION A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER SIERRA AND WRN NV THIS
AFTERNOON AS SFC THERMAL TROUGH EXPANDS EWD INTO NV. MTN TOP WINDS
IN TAHOE AREA HAVE SHIFTED FROM E TO W AROUND NOON AND SHOULD
HELP STEER ANY TSTMS EWD INTO EXTREME WRN NV WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
DEVELOPMENT ALSO POSSIBLE FURTHER E INTO W CNTRAL NV LATER THIS
AFTN AND EVENING. WEAK TROUGH MOVG OVER TOP OF UPPER RIDGE IN
GULF OF ALASKA FORECAST TO DROP INTO WRN CANADA SUNDAY WHILE UPPER
RIDGE RETROGRADES FURTHER WWD IN ERN PAC. A LITTLE MORE COOLING
ALOFT ON SUNDAY FOR FURTHER DESTABILIZATION WHILE AFTN WLY SFC WINDS
INCREASE AS SFC THERMAL TROUGH PUSHES FURTHER EWD. MAY SEE EARLY
DEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS OVER NRN SIERRA MIDDAY SUNDAY BECOMING FLUSHED
OUT BY INCREASING WLY WINDS IN AFTN AND REFORMING OVER W CENTRAL NV
FROM LOL TO HTH AND INTO MONO COUNTY. BEST DIVERGENCE/CONVERGENCE
COUPLET FORECAST BY GFS OVER MINERAL COUNTY ALONG WITH NEG LIS AND
K INDEX BTWN 35-40. WILL BOOST COVERAGE IN ERN ZONES TO SCT FOR SUNDAY
AND LEAVE AS ISOLATED IN NRN SIERRA AND WASHOE COUNTY. BY MONDAY SWLY
FLOW WILL BRING A LITTLE DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR INTO WRN NV BUT
WILL KEEP LOW POPS OVER MINERAL AND MONO COUNTY WITH LINGERING
MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE. ON TUESDAY SWLY FLOW FURTHER DRIES OUT
AIRMASS AND LI FORECAST BY GFS IN POS RANGE SO HAVE REMOVED ALL
MENTION OF TSTMS. AFTN TEMPS FINALLY SLIPPING BACK INTO 80S OVER
MOST WRN NV VALLEYS BY TUESDAY. CYLKE

IN THE EXTENDED...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LARGE SCALE WEATHER
FEATURES REMAIN DISTANT FROM THE FORECAST AREA...RESULTING IN MUCH
UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS. WHILE THEY TREND TOWARD BRINGING
A CLOSED LOW SOUTH OF ALASKA NEAR 50N/140W BY LATE NEXT WEEK...WEAK
DOWNSTREAM FEATURES OVER THE WESTERN US REMAIN POORLY DEFINED.

THE 00Z AND 12Z GFS DIFFERED AS THE NEWER RUN LOWERED HEIGHTS OVER
THE REGION WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE BREAKING OFF FROM THE MAIN LOW AND
TRACKING DOWN THE CA COAST FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND EVEN
GENERATED LIGHT QPF FAR NORTH THURSDAY AND IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH
ZONES ON FRIDAY. OTHER MODELS RANGE FROM EITHER A WEAK TROUGH OR A
LIGHT ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WHICH FAVOR DRY
CONDITIONS. WITH TEMPS CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS...INSTABILITY WILL
BE LIMITED AND POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP IS REMOTE. AS A RESULT...LITTLE
CHANGE IS PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST WHICH WILL REMAIN DRY
WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS AND VARIABLE CLOUD COVER. MJD

.REV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:50 AM PST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-081400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
550 AM PDT SAT JUN 07 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

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.

The radar

The Reno radar (KRGX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon

When
June 7, 4:00 PM PST to 4:05 PM PST
Where
Lyon County, Yerington
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
38.983, -119.150

A thunderstorm wind gust blew a patio cover off it's foundation and back onto a house roof in Yerington, NV. The wind gust was estimated at 60 mph.

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.

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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: 5369989.