High wind buffeted the higher passes and along the lee sides of higher mountain ranges across much of Elko county. Wind gusts as high as 68 mph were measured.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
High wind buffeted the higher passes and along the lee sides of higher mountain ranges across much of Elko county. Wind gusts as high as 68 mph were measured.
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 Nov 16, 3:24 AM PST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 324 AM PST TUE NOV 16 2010 .SYNOPSIS...A STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTHEAST OF NEVADA TODAY WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF ELKO COUNTY. A FEW MORE SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST ELKO COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MILDER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL RETURN UNSETTLED WINTER WEATHER TO THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. VERY POTENT SHORTWAVE DIVING INTO IDAHO ON THE CONTINUED STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THIS MORNING..AS EVIDENCED BY RECENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG THE SURGING COLD FRONT NEAR LEWISTON IDAHO. SHORTWAVE WILL RAPIDLY DIVE TO THE NORTHEAST OF NEVADA DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS...WITH THE COLD FRONT RUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA. THIS FRONT WILL COME THROUGH LARGELY DRY...BUT DID RETAIN ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST ELKO COUNTY TODAY OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. OF MORE IMPORTANCE WILL BE THE WIND TODAY...AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN QUICKLY DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS AS SHORTWAVE BRUSHES BY TO THE EAST OF NEVADA. GENERALLY INCREASED WIND GRIDS ACROSS THE BOARD...WITH AT LEAST MODERATELY BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED AT MOST LOCALES. OF CONCERN WILL BE EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHERE IT APPEARS HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA WILL BE ACHIEVED MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM...AS THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES IN A FAIRLY WELL MIXED ATMOSPHERE. AFTER COORDINATION WITH WFO'S SALT LAKE CITY/POCATELLO AND BOISE HAVE UPGRADED THE INHERITED WIND ADVISORY FOR NEVADA ZONES 31/33 TO A HIGH WIND WARNING. TRIED TO EMPHASIZE IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND IN EASTERN ELKO COUNTY/EASTERN ZONE 31 AND ZONE 33. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH EXPECTED PRIMARILY NEAR AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93...AND NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF HIGHER MOUNTAINS. MAINTAINED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY...ALTHOUGH EXPECT STRONGEST WINDS TO FAVOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND POINTS EAST TOWARD U.S. HIGHWAY 93. FOR ELKO AND SPRING CREEK...WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH LIKELY. WARNING AND ADVISORY SET TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. STILL EXPECTING IMPROVED WEATHER FOR THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW FINALLY ABATES...BACKING TO MORE WESTERLY ALLOWING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE NICELY. MANY LOCALES WILL REACH THE LOWER 50S ON WEDNESDAY. EVEN WARMER ON THURSDAY...WITH ECMWF GUIDANCE SUGGESTING MOST VALLEYS WILL MAKE A RUN FOR 60 DEGREES. UNFORTUNATELY...THE WIND WILL BECOME AN ISSUE AGAIN THURSDAY WITH 00Z GFS PROGGING 700 MB WINDS OF 50 KTS ACROSS NEVADA...AS A STRONG 526 DM LOW DIGS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ATMOSPHERE THURSDAY APPEARS DRY AND WELL MIXED...SO IT IS A MYSTERY WHY MOS GUIDANCE WIND SPEEDS ARE SO LOW. SHOULD BE QUITE WINDY THURSDAY AND WIND PRODUCTS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE CWA THURSDAY MIDDAY/AFTERNOON. BT .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. THE BIG PICTURE STARTING OUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT SHOWS THE GFS AND ECMWF AGREEING ON A BROAD FLAT RIDGE ACROSS MOST OF THE CONUS AT 500MB...WITH A TROF BEGINNING TO DIG SOUTH ALONG THE PAC NW COAST. OVER THE FCST AREA...FLOW IS OUT OF THE SW AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING COASTAL TROF. THE PRIMARY FCST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED IS A PROTRACTED PERIOD OF INCLEMENT WX FRIDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY AS THE PAC NW LOW DIGS SOUTH AND THE TROF MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE FCST AREA. FIRST OF SEVERAL WAVES MOVES ACROSS THE FCST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECIP COULD START FRIDAY AFTERNOON NW PORTION AS SFC COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE FCST AREA. FRONT STALLS FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN KICKS OUT TO THE NE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SECOND COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE FCST AREA SUNDAY. 500MB TROF IS STILL OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY...FINALLY SHIFTING EAST MONDAY NIGHT. 700MB TEMPS COOL OFF FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH A SECOND COLDER PUNCH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. QPF AT THIS POINT IS SPREAD ACROSS A 6-PERIOD WINDOW FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THRU MONDAY. RUN-TOTAL QPF THRU THIS PERIOD IS AROUND AN INCH...WITH ALMOST ALL OF THIS FALLING AS SNOW. HOWEVER... THE BROAD PERIOD OVER WHICH THIS OCCURS COULD MAKE FOR SOMEWHAT COMPLEX HEADLINES. AT A MINIMUM...INITIAL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. DON'T SEE ANY STRONG PUNCH OF QPF AT THIS POINT THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A WARNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED WARNING CRITERIA...BUT THRU TOO LONG A PERIOD OF TIME. REA && AVIATION...FLOW WILL BE BRISK OUT OF THE NW TODAY...WITH STRONG WINDS FROM JACKPOT TO WENDOVER. THERE WILL BE A BROKEN MID-DECK FROM KEKO NORTHEAST...AND SCATTERED ELSEWHERE. MID CLOUDS WILL CLEAR THIS EVENING...WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN CIRRUS THRU WEDNESDAY. REA && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY. && 99/90/90
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 405 AM PST TUE NOV 16 2010 NVZ031>034-171215- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- 405 AM PST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTHEAST OF NEVADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS PRIMARILY ACROSS ELKO COUNTY TODAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THROUGH 7 PM FOR NEVADA ZONE 33...AND ZONE 31 ALTHOUGH STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 93. WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WEST WENDOVER...WITH SOME MINOR WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FROM 7 AM THROUGH 7 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY TODAY. HERE...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. FOR ELKO AND SPRING CREEK...WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. ALL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY TIME FRAME. A FEW INCHES OF MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NEVADA. SNOW WILL LINGER ON-AND-OFF THROUGH SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ013-030-035>037-171215- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 405 AM PST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 61 mph was reported at the Bishop Flat Mesonet site about 12 miles northeast of Wells along Highway 93. A gust to 60 mph was reported at the HD summit Mesonet site along Highway 93 about 18 miles northeast of Wells.
Winds estimated up to 80 mph knocked down some trees in Clover Valley. A Mesonet site on Pequop Summit and at Ruby Lake recorded a wind gust to 65 mph.
A wind gust to 68 mph was recorded at the Spring Gulch RAWS about 13 miles southwest of West Wendover.
A wind gust to 62 mph was recorded at the Ruby Valley RAWS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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