A strong cold front produced high winds over southeastern Elko County with gusts up to 60 mph.
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A strong cold front produced high winds over southeastern Elko County with gusts up to 60 mph.
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 9, 2:36 AM PST, 10 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 336 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS...WINDS WILL BE STRONG AGAIN TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN NEVADA. AS SKIES CLEAR OUT TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN DIP TO FREEZING IN MANY SPOTS. DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IR IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD BAND EXITING NORTHEAST NEVADA AS ANOTHER BAND MOVES INTO NW NEVADA. SOME PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING OVER SW OREGON AT THIS TIME. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE CWFA AT 2 AM PDT BUT WILL NOT LAST MUCH LONGER. TEMPERATURES HAVE DIPPED TO AROUND 40 DEGREES AND THERE ARE STILL SOME LIGHT BUT GUSTY WINDS AROUND. THE SHORT TERM MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING NORTH OF THE STATE TODAY BRINGING SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN NEVADA. HOWEVER THE MAIN ISSUES TODAY WILL BE THE CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL NEVADA AND THE WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS PROMPTING BOTH WIND ADVISORIES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS...ALREADY IN EFFECT. REMOVED MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE FORECAST TODAY. THERE IS SOME INSTABILITY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT TS IN THE QUICK MOVING SYSTEM. RUN AFTER RUN HAS BEEN SLOWLY DOWN-PLAYING THE INSTABILITY AND THE FRONT SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD BACK TO AROUND 60 DEGREES UP NORTH BUT CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE IT WILL BE DRIER WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL EXCESSIVE WARMTH. KEPT SHOWERS LINGERING A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE ALLUDED TO. HOWEVER EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OVER BY MIDNIGHT ALLOWING FOR ENOUGH TIME TO CLEAR. WHICH BRINGS UP ONE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES PRIMARILY ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT TODAY...PULLING IN SOME 9C H7 TEMPS TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN NV...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND SKIES WILL RAPIDLY CLEAR. IN MOST LOCATIONS RADIATION WILL BE PRIME. HOWEVER EASTERN ELKO COULD BE SUBJECTED TO LINGERING POST-FRONTAL WINDS THAT WILL KEEP TEMPS ELEVATED LONGER. NORTHERN ELKO COULD GET SOME LOW CLOUDS WRAPPING AROUND A SURFACE LOW EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THAT MAY HELP TO KEEP SOME TEMPERATURES UP A BIT...ALTHOUGH THE NORMALLY COLDER HIGH VALLEYS WILL BE...NORMALLY COLD. THE FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A FREEZE WARNING. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD JUMP ABOUT 10 DEGREES WITH A COOL BUT WEAKENING NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. WEAK NEAR-ZONAL FLOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS THE JET PASSES BY TO THE NORTH...RESULTING IN DRY CONDITIONS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. CAN ALSO EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO WARM EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. FLOW ALOFT BEGINS TO BACK TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK TROUGH DROPS IN FROM THE PAC NW. SHOULD SEE SOME INCREASED AFTERNOON CLOUDS ON THURSDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE WEST COAST AREA INTO FRIDAY FOR A CONTINUED THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A TROUGH PASSES OVER THE REGION. LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SHOWERS OVER MOUNTAINS NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. && .FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN ZONES TODAY. THINK THE PROBABILITY OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE IS MINIMAL...REMOVED FROM FORECAST TODAY. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING AT WINNEMUCCA AND BEFORE NOON AT ELKO. COLD FRONT SEEMS TO BE A FAST-MOVER INSTIGATING SOME STRONG WINDS ALONG THE FRONT...TYPICALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH. RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE LOWEST RH LEVELS WILL BE REALIZED. TONOPAH COULD GET GUSTS BEYOND 50 MPH AFTER THE FRONT DRAGS THROUGH AND COMBINES WITH NORMAL NORTHERLY DRAINAGE WINDS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE PACIFIC SUNDAY...A NORTHERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST BUT WEAKEN. DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 92/96/96/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 350 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 NVZ030-031-033>041-101100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 350 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 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. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW SURFACE HUMIDITIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT RNORFWLKN AND RNONPWLKN FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO OR KILL TENDER VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT RNONPWLKN FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust to 60 mph was observed at the Spring Gulch RAWS and a gust to 59 mph was observed at the Pilot Peak Junction NDOT mesonet site.
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