Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto power lines in the town of Winnemucca.
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Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto power lines in the town of Winnemucca.
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 May 29, 12:57 PM PST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 157 PM PDT THU MAY 29 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A SOUTH FLOW OF AIR WILL PUSH MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEVADA AND PRODUCE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. .SHORT TERM...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LOW OFF THE CA COAST LOCATED NEAR 35N...125W AT 18Z IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE POSITION PROJECTED BY THE 12Z RUNS OF THE ETA AND AVN. THE UPPER LOW IS HEADED TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN CA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE THE UPPER HIGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS CONTINUES TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. MID- AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS HAS MOVED NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY FORMED ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA...WHERE H3 DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND STRONG SURFACE HEATING HAS CREATED THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR CONVECTION. 12Z RUNS OF THE ETA AND GFS SHOW H3 DIVERGENCE SHIFTING ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA THIS EVENING. WITH ETA SHOWING LIFTED INDICES NEAR ZERO ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY IN THE EASTERN CWA. THE MAIN THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE DOWNBURST WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING A VERY DRY PROFILE BELOW H5. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES FROM NORTHERN CA INTO SOUTHERN ID FRIDAY...RR QUAD OF H3 JET CROSSES THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. HIGHEST CAPE...NEAR 500 J/KG...AND HIGHEST INSTABILITY WILL BE ACROSS ELKO COUNTY FRIDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NV INTO UT FRIDAY EVENING. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME BREEZY ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY FRIDAY...AS STRONG MIXING BRINGS 20 KT WINDS AT H7 TO THE SURFACE. COOLING BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE MINIMAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS H5 HEIGHTS FALL AROUND 2 DM SATURDAY AND RECOVER SUNDAY. .EXTENDED...UPPER HIGH PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH H5 HEIGHTS RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 580S WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING 8 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 80S. UPPER LOW MOVING TO THE EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF OF AK BUILDS A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY KEEPING TH4E GREAT BASIN IN A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL. HYDRO...LAMOILLE CREEK CRESTED AT FLOOD STAGE BETWEEN 01-02Z YTDY AND HAS SINCE RECEDED. HOWEVER...WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPS AGAIN TODAY AND STILL SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOWPACK (ABOVE 9 KFT) EXPECT IT TO FLOOD AGAIN THIS EVENING. ALSO...CREST PAST TWO DAYS HAS INCREASED BY ALMOST A HALF FOOT EACH DAY. IF THIS IS THE CASE AGAIN TODAY... FLOODING WILL BE WORSE BUT IT DEPENDS ON JUST HOW MUCH SNOW IS LEFT AT HIGH ELEVATIONS. SNOTELS HAVE BEEN BARE FOR A FEW DAYS. CURRENT FLW ALREADY ADDRESSES ABOVE CONCERNS SO WILL LET IT RIDE AND UPDATE AS NECESSARY. SMITH .EKO...FLOOD WARNING FOR LAMOILLE CREEK NEAR LAMOILLE-NVC007.
NVZ030>037-301400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 602 AM PDT THU MAY 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... RECENT WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES HAVE TRIGGERED TREMENDOUS SNOWMELT IN THE MOUNTAINS. AS A RESULT...SOME STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH. LAMOILLE CREEK REACHED FLOOD STAGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SEE WGUS45 KLKN OR RNOFLWLKN FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE OVER NORTHWEST NEVADA FRIDAY AND TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...MOISTURE IS TOO LIMITED FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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