An approaching storm system brought high winds to portions of northern Nye county. Wind gusts up to 62 mph were reported.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
An approaching storm system brought high winds to portions of northern Nye county. Wind gusts up to 62 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 Mar 6, 9:25 AM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 925 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS...A SHARP CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS IN STORE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY SWING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...BEFORE EXITING WHITE PINE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE AND SOME SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEVADA...HOWEVER WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION UPDATE...FOR THE 18Z TAFS...POOR FLYING CONDITIONS T0 CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES...ENDING FROM NW TO SE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT KWMC...-SN/BLSN EXPECTED TO HOLD THE TERMINAL NEAR CATEGORY A MINIMUMS THROUGH 20Z BEFORE TAPERING TO SCT -SHSN. NW WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 KTS THROUGH 00Z. AT KEKO...EXPECT -SN/BLSN TO PRODUCE IFR/LIFR AND CATEGORY A MINIMUMS THROUGH 21Z...WITH -SN TAPERING OFF TO -SHSN AND VIS/CIG GRADUALLY IMPROVING 21-00Z. NW WINDS WILL GUST NEAR 35 KTS THROUGH 00Z. AT KELY...EXPECT THE SAME IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS AT 22-02Z AND INCLUDED THAT TIMEFRAME IN A TEMPO GROUP FOR THE 18Z TAFS. AT KTPH...SCT -SHSN WILL DEVELOP BY 21Z FOR PERIODS OF REDUCED VIS. MAIN STORY AT KTPH WILL BE VERY STRONG NW WINDS GUSTING 50-55 KTS 21-02Z. TURNER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 725 AM / SYNOPSIS...A SHARP CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS IN STORE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY SWING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...BEFORE EXITING WHITE PINE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE AND SOME SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEVADA...HOWEVER WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AVIATION UPDATE...UPDATED KEKO TAF TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR SN/BLSN 16-20Z. A MIX OF -SHRA AND -SHSN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AT KEKO BY 17Z AS STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES. INITIALLY WET RUNWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AS MELTED SNOW REFREEZES IN MUCH COLDER AIR BY MIDMORNING. EXPECT KEKO TO REACH CATEGORY A /AIRFIELD MINIMUMS/ OF 600 FEET/1SM BOTH FOR CIG/VIS SOON AFTER COLD FRONT PASSES. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY POOR THROUGH ABOUT 21Z BEFORE SN WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY AND CIG/VIS IMPROVE. TURNER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 325 AM / SYNOPSIS...A SHARP CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS IN STORE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY SWING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...BEFORE EXITING WHITE PINE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE AND SOME SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEVADA...HOWEVER WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. SHORT TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WELL ADVERTISED SURFACE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AT THIS HOUR. TEMP DROPS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE WITH UP TO 15 DEGREES IN ONE HOUR BEING REPORTED. FORECAST OVERALL LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK...JUST TWEAKED TODAY'S GRIDS A LITTLE. STILL LOOKING LIGHT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE WILDHORSE/JARBIDGE MOUNTAINS REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHIFTING TO WHITE PINE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. FEEL THE BIGGEST HAZARDS TODAY WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF A "FLASH FREEZE" AS ROAD TEMPS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 40S THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL INITIALLY MELT ON THE ROADS...BUT TEMPS WILL QUICKLY DROP BELOW FREEZING CAUSING ROADS TO BECOME ICY. IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON THE ICY ROADS. THIS WILL ALL LEAD TO SOME HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 6K FEET. THE SECOND ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING DUST...NOT TO MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS NORTHERN NYE THIS AFTERNOON. ALL GUIDANCE IS STILL SHOWING A 992 MB SURFACE LOW OVER CEDER CITY BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH A 25 MB MSLP GRADIENT OVER THE CWA TODAY. THIS IS VERY ANOMALOUS ON THE ORDER OF -3 TO 4 STANDARD DEVIATIONS...THUS HIGH WINDS ARE VERY LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN NYE TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH BE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT. SURFACE LOW SLOWLY PULLS OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT...ALLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY BEFORE ENDING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVERALL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT COULD BE POSSIBLE EAST OF ELY OVER CONNORS AND SACRAMENTO PASSES. COLD AND BLUSTERY DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AS COLD NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. WILL BE A COLD NIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TEMPS QUICKLY REBOUND BY THURSDAY...AS 500MB RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA AND INCREASES TEMPS BACK TOWARDS SEASONABLE NORMS. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION FOR DRY WEATHER AND MILD TEMPS...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO THE MID 60S. BY THE WEEKEND UPPER RIDGE GETS PUSHED EAST AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY BUT WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST NEVADA...ALONG WITH A LITTLE COOLING. FLOW ALOFT TURNS TO THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY AS LARGE UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWARD OFF THE COAST. AVIATION...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE KWMC TERMINAL 14-15Z THEN INTO KEKO AROUND 18Z...KTPH 20Z...AND KELY 22Z. EXPECT A 1-2 HOUR WINDOW OF IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT IN SNOW SHOWERS. IN ADDITION STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL GUST UP TO 55 MPH. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 257 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012 NVZ013-071100- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- 257 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL IMPACT NORTHERN NYE COUNTY WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST THIS MORNING...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOMING STRONG BY THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH UP TO 65 MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PASSES AND AROUND TONOPAH. IN ADDITION LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ030>034-036-037-071100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 257 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS PUSHING INTO HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES THIS MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING...BEFORE PUSHING INTO CENTRAL NEVADA BY MIDDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DROP BELOW FREEZING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...CAUSING WET ROADS TO QUICKLY FREEZE. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AS ROADS CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE. SNOW WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TODAY WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. .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. NVZ035-071100- WHITE PINE COUNTY- 257 AM PST TUE MAR 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW TO WHITE PINE COUNTY TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS AFTERNOON A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...SPREADING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE COUNTY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM ELY EASTWARD TO THE UTAH BORDER WHERE 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AS ROADS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING BY THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 62 mph was reported by the Quima Peak RAWS, a gust to 59 mph was recorded at the Warm Springs Summit mesonet site, and a gust to 58 mph was reported at the Tonopah Airport ASOS.
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