Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 25, 2006

Name: Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 25, 2006
Start: 2006-06-25T14:24
End: 2006-06-25T15:05
Location: Nevada

June 25, 2006 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the Weather Forecast Office in Elko. This same storm later produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in Lamoille and broke off one to two inch diameter tree limbs.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.

A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the Weather Forecast Office in Elko. This same storm later produced an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in Lamoille and broke off one to two inch diameter tree limbs.

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 Jun 25, 1:13 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:13 PM PST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
213 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE OVER NEVADA THROUGH
TUESDAY. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA WILL SPREAD NORTH
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE LATER IN THE WEEK FOR A GREATER CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. &&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER WEST
CENTRAL NV WITH WEAK ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED JET MAX ALONG NRN NV
BORDER. ENOUGH DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH JET TO INCREASE HIGH
LEVEL LIFT AND MOISTURE. SINCE NAM HAD NO HANDLE ON THE NORTHWARD
EXTENT OF TODAYS CONVECTION...WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION NEXT
COUPLE DAYS. MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL
NV AND FITS NICELY WITH H5-7 THETA E RIDGE. THIS SAME RIDGE EXTENDS
INTO WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND SHOULD SEE SOME LATE DAY CONVECTION
IN THAT AREA. ACTIVITY SHIFTS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST MONDAY WITH DEW
PTS CREEPING UP. STILL LOOKS PLENTY DRY ENOUGH FOR FIRE WEATHER
WATCH WEST MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT CWFA TUE AFTERNOON.
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD EASILY GET INTO WIDELY SCATTERED CATEGORY
NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THINGS TURN WETTER AFTER TUESDAY AS FLOW TURNS
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. TEMPS TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH GRADUAL TREND
TOWARD INCREASING HUMIDITY.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ALL MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVING EAST OF AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW MONSOON MOISTURE TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRANSITION QUICKLY TO WET TYPE. MODELS KEEP US
IN MOIST UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGH SATURDAY...
AND THEN DRY US ON SUNDAY AS RIDGE REBUILDS. MADE ONLY SLIGHT TWEAKS
TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. RCS

&&

.AVIATION...VFR...EXCEPT IN AND NEAR ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CENTRAL
NEVADA. REA &&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Elko

When: June 25, 2:24 PM PST
Where: Elko County, 2 mi NE of (Eko)harris Fld Elko
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.833, -115.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Elko

When: June 25, 3:05 PM PST
Where: Elko County, Lamoille
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.733, -115.483

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5505007, 5505008.