A very strong cold front brought high winds to portions of northern Nevada. Wind gusts up to 79 mph were reported.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A very strong cold front brought high winds to portions of northern Nevada. Wind gusts up to 79 mph were reported.
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 4, 1:11 PM PST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 211 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING DUST...AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE GREAT BASIN THIS EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIR ON TAP FOR TUESDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER HOT DAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH HIGHS NEAR RECORD LEVELS AS WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW PUSHES ACROSS NEVADA. CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS INCREASING CLOUDS OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY WITH CUMULUS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH CLEAR SKIES FROM SOUTHERN THROUGH EASTERN NEVADA. ALL MODELS INDICATED CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN HUMBOLDT AND EXTREME NE ELKO COUNTY. LI'S ARE -2 WITH VERY DRY LOW LEVELS WITH INVERTED V TYPE SOUNDINGS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 KTS. OTHERWISE VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG MIXING IS LEADING TO ADVISORY LEVELS WINDS WITH MOST AREAS REPORTING GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. EXPECT THE WINDS TO STAY VERY GUSTY UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT AND THEN THEY WILL TAPER OFF AS MIXING DECREASES AND COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO EASTERN NEVADA. PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEVADA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY MORNING UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH NEAR 12Z. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TONIGHT EXPECT AN INCREASE IN POST FRONTAL SHOWERS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN IN MOST AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 ON TUESDAY. IT WILL BE BREEZY ON WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 TO 35 MPH. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TUESDAY WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7,000 PICKING UP SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. TUESDAY NIGHT IT WILL CLEAR OUT WITH LIGHT WINDS SO TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE 20'S AND 30'S IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. WEDNESDAY EXPECTED MODERATING TEMPERATURES...BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL WITH SUNNY SKIES...EXCEPT FOR A FEW CLOUDS OVER NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. QUIET WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM. NEAR ZONAL FLOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT BACKS TO SW ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...IN RESPONSE TO THE NEXT STRONG PACIFIC UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE PAC NW. MUCH WARMER THURSDAY WITH THE SW FLOW AND INCREASING THICKNESSES...BACK TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. 12Z GFS/ECMWF IN GOOD AGREEMENT FORECASTING THE NEXT COLD TROUGH TO ENVELOPE THE PAC NW ON FRIDAY...WITH INCREASING W/SW FLOW AT ITS BASE ACROSS NEVADA. 700 MB WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 30 KTS FRIDAY WITH PREFRONTAL EFFECTS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL DEGREES OF WARMING ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES ASIDE...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE THE NEXT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR DURING THE SATURDAY TIME FRAME. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MUCH WEAKER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR EARLIER IN THE WEEK. NONETHELESS...SIGNIFICANT COOLING WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT WITH NORTHERN NEVADA FALLING BACK TO THE 50S AND 60S SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INCLUDED A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDER ALONG THE FRONT...MAINLY FROM THE CENTRAL NEVADA CONVERGENCE ZONE TO NE NEVADA. WITH THIS PASSING TROUGH ASSUMING A MORE POSITIVE TILT...EXPECT SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO BE LIMITED. MORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE BEHIND THE TROUGH AXIS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA NEXT SUNDAY MORNING. BT && .AVIATION...SIGNIFICANT HIGH WIND EVENT UNFOLDING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 21-04Z. SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN INTENSE COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN NEVADA. WIND GUSTS OF 45-50 KTS ARE EXPECTED... SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING AVIATION OPERATIONS AT ALL TAF SITES. AREAS OF BLDU AND LIMITED VIS EXPECTED...INCLUDED VIS DROPPING TO MVFR IN THE 00Z TAFS. -TSRA EXPECTED ALONG COLD FRONT FROM NEAR WILDHORSE TO NEAR AUSTIN 21-03Z. WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST VCTS/CB FOR KWMC/KEKO INTO THIS EVENING. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...-SHRA WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN NEVADA BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. EXPECT -SHRA AT KWMC BY 03Z TUE...KEKO BY 06Z TUE...KELY BY 12Z TUE. EXPECT CIGS TO DROP TO MVFR IN THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION 00-18Z TUE WITH SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES. BT && .FIRE WEATHER...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL FEATURE VERY GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LIGHTNING WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN NEVADA. WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN EASTERN NEVADA. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT EXPECT INCREASING HUMIDITY AND DECREASING WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ON WEDNESDAY RAINSHOWERS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA...SO DO NOT EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA TO BE MET. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXPECT LIGHT WINDS WITH HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT MAINLY IN CENTRAL NEVADA. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. && 90/99/99/96
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts up to 76 mph were reported across portions of Humboldt county. Morey Creek|RAWS reported a wind gust of 76 mph. The Rose Creek NDOT mesonet site reported a wind gust to 68 mph. The Winnemucca ASOS reported a wind gust to 60 mph.
A wind gust to 79 mph was reported by the Crane Springs RAWS. A wind gust to 73 mph was reported by the Elko ASOS. A wind gust to 69 mph was recorded at the Elko WFO. A wind gust to 64 mph was recorded at the Elko West NDOT mesonet site. A 6 to 12 inch diameter tree was snapped off at its base in the northwest part of Elko.
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