A strong cold front brought winds gusts up to 74 mph across Elko county.
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A strong cold front brought winds gusts up to 74 mph across Elko county.
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 May 25, 2:31 PM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 331 PM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND FAR NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIVING SOUTH TO NEAR HIGHWAY 50 LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... POTENT SYSTEM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS (STANDARD DEVIATIONS FOR LOW LEVEL WINDS OF AT LEAST +2 TO +3 INTO THIS EVENING) CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... HOWEVER AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING WINDS SHOULD MAXIMIZE SO THE ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE FOR NOW. THE ONLY ISSUE I COULD SEE IS FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY WHERE MOISTENING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WHICH MAY RESTRICT WINDS BELOW RIDGETOPS BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. PRECIP WISE TONIGHT...THE SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO TAKE ON A NEGATIVE TILT AS A 110 KT JET STREAK INVADES NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS WILL FOCUS THE BEST PRECIP POTENTIAL TO NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. CONVECTION WISE...WITH THE BEST UPPER FORCING AND LOW LEVEL FORCING ALONG THE FRONT COMBINING OVER ELKO COUNTY PER SREF PROGS I HAVE KEPT THE ISOLATED STORMS THERE THIS EVENING. STRENGTH WISE...MODELS/SREF PROGS NEVER GET VERY UNSTABLE SO ANY STORMS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY MODEST AND OVER MAINLY ELKO COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH...IF ANY STORM FURTHER SOUTH CAN GET GOING THEY WILL HAVE MORE DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL (GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR SO) WITH MORE TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREAD AT THE SURFACE. FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ZONAL FLOW WILL ENSUE FOR ISOLATED OF SHOWERS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. TEMPERATURE WISE...HIGHS WILL REMAIN CONSIDERABLY BELOW AVERAGE BEHIND TONIGHT'S FROPA AS WEST FLOW DOES NOT ALLOW MUCH WARMING ALOFT. SATURDAY...PRECIP CHANCE WILL INCREASE AS A VERY COLD UPPER LOW DROPS SOUTH FROM OREGON AND IDAHO. AS OF NOW...POPS ARE ONLY IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY BUT THEY MAY NEED TO BE RAISED TO LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 PER THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF INTO THE 40S AND 50S AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTER THEIR BRIEF RISE LATE THIS WEEK. SNYDER .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... COOL TEMPS WILL CONTINUE THRU SUNDAY AS UPPER LOW SLOWLY DEPARTS EAST TOWARD THE NV-UTAH BORDER WITH NORTH WINDS AND SCT SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE REGION...WITH PRECIP DIMINISHING SUN EVE. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 5000-6000 FT FROM ELKO WESTWARD AND BTWN 6000-7000 FT EAST OF ELKO BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH MOST PRECIP OCCURRING DURING DAYTIME HOURS WITH HIGH SUN ANGLES. THE UPPER LOW THEN ACCELERATES INTO THE NRN ROCKIES SUN NGT WITH FLAT SHORTWAVE RIDGE OVER WRN NV ON MEMORIAL DAY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NW COAST SPREADING MOISTURE OVER N-CNTRL-NERN NV MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS TO THESE AREAS...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL WITH TEMPS WARMING INTO THE 60S FOR MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS AND INCREASING WSW WINDS FOR THE AFTN-EVE. FOR TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE DIFFERS ON TRACK OF THE LOW OFF THE PAC NW COAST WITH THE LATEST GFS TRENDING TOWARD THE ECMWF WHICH HELD THE LOW FARTHER OFF THE COAST. SOME OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOW THE LOW CENTER INLAND OVER NRN CA BY TUESDAY WITH THE GFS BRINGING THE LOW INLAND BY WEDNESDAY...BUT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS RUNS THE OVERALL TREND WOULD KEEP THE REGION DRY WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE LOWER 70S IN MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS BOTH DAYS. THE GFS SCENARIO WOULD BRING POSSIBLE -SHRA TO WRN HUMBOLDT COUNTY BY LATE WED AFTN BUT WITH GREATER CHANCE OF THIS LOW STALLING OFF THE COAST...WILL LEAVE THIS AREA DRY FOR NOW. MJD && .AVIATION... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS EVENING OVER CNTRL-ERN NV WITH STRONGEST GUSTS TO 45 KT THRU 04Z. WIND DIRECTIONS SHIFTING TO WEST AT MOST SITES FROM HWY 50 NORTHWARD THIS EVENING...WITH SHIFT TO NW AT KTPH. SCT -SHRA MAY BRING BRIEF MVFR VSBY/CIGS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80 THRU 03Z WEST OF KEKO AND BTWN 03Z-06Z EAST OF KEKO. BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY WITH AFTN-EVE W-NW WIND GUSTS 25-30 KT. MJD && .FIRE WEATHER...THE UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS NEVADA WILL BRING STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT. COOL TEMPERATURES...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT POSE LITTLE FIRE THREAT. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVELY HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE FIRE THREAT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...EVEN THOUGH BREEZY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MILNE && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY... NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. && 99/99/99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 631 AM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 NVZ013-030>037-261345- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 631 AM PDT WED MAY 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH EXPECTED. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS LIKE WEST WENDOVER. AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LOCATIONS TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 9 PM WEDNESDAY FOR MOST LOCATIONS...ALTHOUGH THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE WEST WENDOVER AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AND UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A STRONG WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL LIKELY INCREASE FLOODING CONCERNS ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. .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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 59 mph was measured at the Elko Airport, and gusts to 60 mph were measured by the Ruby Lake RAWS and on Pequop Summit by a NDOT remote sensor.
A wind gust to 74 mph was measured at the Ruby Valley RAWS.
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