Nevada, 2005Dust Storm in Nevada, July 29, 2005
July 29, 2005 · NWS LKN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 30
- 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 Jul 29, 12:00 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:00 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
100 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2005
.SYNOPSIS...MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING THE RISK OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...WV IMAGERY SHOWS WEAK VORT FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED
CLOUDS PUSHING SLOWLY OUT OF NE NEVADA. CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER
CLEAR...UNSTABLE AREAS BEHIND VORT FEATURE. 12Z ELKO SOUNDING SHOWED
MOIST PROFILE WITH PWAT OF .94 INCHES...LI OF -2 AND CAPE OF 580 J/KG
ASSUMING MAX TEMP OF 85F. NAM INITIALIZED WELL AND SHOWS SLIGHT
DRYING IN PROFILE BEHIND VORT FEATURE DURING AFTERNOON. NAM FORECAST
SOUNDING FOR ELKO LOWERS PWAT TO .75 INCHES WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE
BASED ON WV IMAGERY. FORECAST SOUNDING ALSO GIVES LI OF -3 AND 500
J/KG OF CAPE. LACK OF DYNAMIC SUPPORT WITH EXITING SHORTWAVE MAY HELP
INHIBIT STRENGTH OF CONVECTION. STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG DOWNDRAFTS.
OTHERWISE...MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP RIDGE CENTERED IN VICINITY OF 4-
CORNERS AREA...THOUGH NAM HEIGHTS ARE HIGHER OVER CWA THAN GFS. GFS
CONTINUES TO BRING TROF NEAR REGION BY MID WEEK WHICH WOULD BRING
DRIER AIR INTO WESTERN CWA. WITH THIS PATTERN...DO NOT SEE ANY MAJOR
MOISTURE SURGES COMING INTO CWA...THOUGH MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE
WILL NOT BE GOING ANYWHERE IN A HURRY. FOR THE FORECAST...NO MAJOR
CHANGES WERE MADE. POPS WERE DECREASED SLIGHTLY FOR THE DAYTIME
PERIODS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT GENERALLY MAINTAINED SCATTERED
WORDING. HIGHEST POPS LOCATED IN EASTERN CWA WHERE MOISTURE
WILL BE MOST PREVALENT. ALSO MAINTAINED TREND OF LOWER POPS BY
MIDWEEK AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA.
RELUCTANT TO MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES IN EXTENDED SINCE MODELS WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MOISTURE FIELDS AND SMALLER SCALE
WAVES IN SW FLOW AS TROF APPROACHES EARLY NEXT WEEK. SAVADEL
&&
.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL EXPECTED WEATHER.
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO ONCE AGAIN FORM THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING
ACROSS ALL ROUTE CORRIDORS WITH ACTIVITY ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.
ERRATIC WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY
MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WHICH WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH
THE EVENING. FEHRN.
&&
.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
Dust Storm, Sw & Sc Elko
- When
- July 29, 2:45 PM PST to 2:50 PM PST
- Where
- Sw & Sc Elko forecast zone
- Injuries
- 30 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 30 to 40 mph blowing across an area recently burned by a fire picked up ash and dust and carried it across Interstate 80 about 2 miles west of Carlin. Visibility along the Interstate was reduced to near zero in the ash and dust. This resulted in a 20 vehicle pileup resulting in four fatalities and 30 injuries.
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail in South Dakota, July 29, 2005$1.4 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 29 to 31, 2005$300,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Georgia, July 29, 2005$56,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2005$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 29, 2005$26,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 29, 2005$25,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, July 29, 2005$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 200560 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Utah, July 29, 200569 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 2005$11,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 29, 200555 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 200550 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5463084.