Thunderstorm Wind, Elko
- When
- June 28, 2:30 PM PST
- Where
- Elko County, Spring Creek
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -115.617
Lighted sign at Chevron station sustained some damage.
Damaging Wind in Nevada, June 28, 2004
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
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:09 AM PST, 10 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 509 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 NVZ030-031-291400- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- 509 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEVADA .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. THESE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THIS PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN HAVE REACHED SEVERE LEVELS...AS MAY BE THE CASE TODAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THE RISK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ013-032>037-291400- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 509 AM PDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THIS PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN HAVE REACHED SEVERE LEVELS...AS MAY BE THE CASE TODAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WHITWORTH
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
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
- High Surf in Guam, June 28, 2004
- Heat in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 28, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 28, 2004
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, June 2004
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: 5432585.