1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
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 17, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 230 PM PDT THU JUN 17 2004 .SHORT TERM... SHORT WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE OREGON COAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE SIERRA FROM LASSEN COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH HAS SHIFTED OVER WESTERN NEVADA WITH WEST WINDS KICKING UP OVER AND JUST EAST OF THE CREST. THIS WILL PUSH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS THIS EVENING. UPPER LOW OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL DROP SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RIDGE. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON/NORTHERN IDAHO BY FRIDAY MORNING. RESULT WILL BE AN INCREASED WESTERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WELL EAST OF THE SIERRAS EXCEPT FOR MONO COUNTY. BY SATURDAY THE STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN AREAS. HOWEVER THE MINERAL-MONO CONVERGENCE ZONE SETS UP AND WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FOR SUNDAY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO STABILIZE WITH NO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. BRONG && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS SOME INCONSISTENCY IN THE MODELS IN THE EXTENDED. THE GFS...ECMWF AND NOGAPS ALL SHOW AN UPPER TROUGH IN THE GULF OF ALASKA ON MONDAY. THE GFS HOWEVER ALSO SHOWS A TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHILE THE OTHER TWO MODELS HAVE SLIGHT RIDGING. DUE TO LACK OF AGREEMENT IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR MONDAY. THE GULF OF ALASKA LOW STARTS TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING FLOW AROUND TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY OVER THE KREV CWFA WITH INCREASED MOISTURE ADVECTION. PLAN ON INCREASING POPS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OVER NORTHERN ZONES CLOSER TO UPPER LOW. HOWEVER WILL KEEP POPS BELOW 15 PERCENT. WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. OHARA .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. &&
The Reno radar (KRGX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused power outage in Dayton. A total of 1600 people were without power for more than two hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 2004
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: 5431656.