A late-season cold front moved through the Sierra and western Nevada on June 5th. Strong winds accompanied the front and caused damage mainly in western Nevada.
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A late-season cold front moved through the Sierra and western Nevada on June 5th. Strong winds accompanied the front and caused damage mainly in western Nevada.
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 5, 6:00 AM PST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 700 AM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007 .UPDATE... WILL BE UPDATING THE FORECAST TO EXPAND ISOLATED THUNDER MENTION ACROSS ENTIRE CWA FOR TODAY. BAND OF SHRA MOVING INTO THE CWA AND THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME CG LIGHTNING STRIKES DETECTED IN NRN WASHOE COUNTY. VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM COUPLED WITH STEEPENING LAPSE RATES ALOFT WILL HELP GENERATE A FEW TS TODAY...AND LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED WIND SPEEDS ON THE RIDGES BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS (SLIDE MTN PEAK GUST AT 74 MPH LAST OBSERVATION). GFS TIME-HEIGHT WIND SPEED PLOTS INDICATE THAT MAX WINDS AT RIDGETOP LEVEL SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH A DECREASE LATER ON TODAY. CS && .SHORT TERM... A VERY COLD SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SYSTEM SHOWS UP WELL ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND THIS MASSIVE UPPER LOW IS ONE OF THE DOMINANT FEATURES IN THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER THE CONUS. PRECIPITATION HAS SPREAD INTO NRN CALIFORNIA AND ALSO NORTH THROUGH OREGON AND WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. PRECIP IS TAKING A NELY TRAJECTORY NOW BUT WILL START MOVING MORE TO THE EAST AS THE SFC FRONT...NOW EXTENDING FROM SRN OREGON THROUGH KSFO...CONTINUES ITS EWD MOVEMENT TODAY. THE GFS...ECMWF AND UKMET ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL IN THEIR MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM ACROSS THE WRN CONUS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. AND THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BTWN THEIR SOLNS TODAY AS OPPOSED TO YESTERDAY. THE UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO DIG SEWD INTO THE NRN SIERRA AND NWRN NEVADA TODAY. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW SHOULD BE OVER NRN NEVADA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM SHOULD THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO THE CNTRL ROCKIES BY 00Z THURSDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS RIDGING BUILDS BACK OVER THE WEST COAST. THE MAIN EFFECT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TODAY TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO AROUND 70 DEGREES IN WRN NEVADA VALLEYS AND INTO THE MID 50S IN THE CNTRL SIERRA. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 60S IN WRN NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ON THURSDAY WAA AND CLEARING SKIES WILL HELP TEMPERATURES REBOUND WITH READINGS BACK INTO THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S IN WRN NEVADA. ANOTHER CHANGE WE WILL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT SNOW MAINLY IN THE SIERRA. THE NAM HAS 700 MB TEMPERATURES OF -10 C OVER THE NRN SIERRA BY 18Z WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPS AS COLD AS -8 C OVER THE TAHOE BASIN. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WOULD BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO BELOW LAKE LEVEL AT TAHOE. THE GFS HAS 700 MB TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NAM BUT WOULD STILL BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO LAKE LEVEL TO AROUND 6000 FT. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE NRN SIERRA SOUTH TO TAHOE. IN WRN NEVADA FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE WED MORNING BUT SHOULD NOT POSE ANY PROBLEMS OTHERWISE. JUST A REMINDER TO US OF WHAT CAN OCCUR WHEN SUCH AN UNSEASONABLY COLD SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. HOWEVER THESE COOL CONDITIONS WILL NOT LAST LONG AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS BY THURSDAY AND TEMPERATURES START TO RISE AGAIN. OHARA .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... CONSENSUS OF LATEST NCEP ENS MEAN/GFS/ECMWF INDICATE TROFFING OVER THE WRN CONUS CONTINUING DURING THE LONG TERM...LEADING TO GENERALLY BELOW AVG TEMPS FOR THE PERIOD. SHORTWAVE TROF WITH SCT-BKN MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS TO EXIT THE REGION FRI...HOWEVER CLOUD COVER FCST TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION LATE SAT ASSOC WITH APPROACH OF POTENT JET STREAK OVER NE PACIFIC. HAVE CONTINUED SLT CHCS FOR -SHRA ACROSS FAR NRN ZONES SUN/SUN NIGHT AS AXIS OF ENHANCED MOISTURE (SEEN IN 0Z ENS MEAN PW ANOMALY FIELDS) CROSSES THE REGION. BEST FORCING FOR ASCENT/ORGANIZED PCPN REMAINS N OF THE REV CWA...PER JET STREAK POSITIONING AND Q-VECTOR FIELDS. WINDS COULD KICK UP A LITTLE BIT ON SUNDAY ASSOC WITH ENHANCED WINDFIELDS ALOFT. CS && .AVIATION... MAIN OPERATIONAL CONCERNS WILL BE WINDS AND SCT SHRA ASSOC WITH FROPA. TIGHTENING PRES GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO INCREASED W/NW WINDS FROM ROUGHLY 15Z TO 06Z. BUFKIT DIAGNOSTICS SUGGEST GUSTS TO 30KTS LIKELY AT RNO AND OTHER TAF SITES. MIXING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRECLUDE MENTION OF LLWS BUT WITH 700MB WINDS FCST TO APPROACH 40KTS IT WILL BE WORTH WATCHING. SCT SHRA WITH EMBEDDED TS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH N CAL AND SRN OR...AND WE EXPECT SCT SHRA TO POSSIBLY AFFECT TAF SITES AFTER 15-18Z...HOWEVER FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT CIGS WILL REMAIN VFR (PERHAPS LOCALLY MVFR) IN -SHRA. CS && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. && HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The Reno radar (KRGX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:04 UTC.
4 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A 51 kt (59 mph) wind gust was recorded by the Desert Springs RAWS sensor at an elevation of 5280 feet.
A 70 kt (80 mph) wind gust was recorded by the Galena RAWS sensor at an elevation of 5610 feet.
The Nevada Appeal newspaper reported that strong wind gusts brought down tree limbs in Carson City. One downed tree limb on Fifth Street knocked out power to 900 residents, including the Carson City Courthouse and Sheriff's Department.
A 56 kt (64 mph) wind gust was recorded at the NDOT wind sensor at Holbrook Junction at an elevation of 5357 feet.
A trained spotter reported a dust storm in the Spanish Springs area five miles northeast of Reno. Blowing dust was reducing visibility to near zero in the vicinity of La Posada Blvd.
A trained weather spotter in Gardnerville reported a 55 kt (63 mph) wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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