A strong cold front moving across Humboldt county produced wind gusts up to 59 mph and also blew down some trees near Orovada.
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A strong cold front moving across Humboldt county produced wind gusts up to 59 mph and also blew down some trees near Orovada.
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, 10:21 AM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1021 AM PST WED MAR 6 2013 SYNOPSIS...A SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW INTO NORTHWEST NEVADA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS IN MANY AREAS WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE...ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR CENTRAL NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. INCREASED POPS...QPF AND ADJUSTED SNOW AMOUNTS DUE TO INCREASED CONFIDENCE OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 302 AM / SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WATER VAPOR SHOWS PACIFIC STORM WELL AS IT IS NOW TOUCHING THE NORTHWEST US COAST. A MID LATITUDE FETCH OF MOISTURE EXTENDS BACK INTO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. FOR A TIME IT LOOKED AS IF A SUBTROPICAL PLUME WOULD GET ENTRAINED BUT A DRY SLOT HAS INTERCEPTED THIS AND ARE LEFT WITH TEMPERATE MOISTURE ENTERING THE GREAT BASIN OR THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN EPIC STORM. AS IT IS...THE MODELS ARE IN VERY NICE TIDY AGREEMENT ON THE BIG PICTURE LOCATING THE CENTER OF THE LOW...THE TRAJECTORIES...AND SHORT WAVES. BUT THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND THERE IS MAJOR DISAGREEMENT EVEN IN THE VERY SHORT TERM ON WHERE THE MOISTURE IS GOING TO BE AND THIS IN TURN DRIVES WHERE THE PRECIP...AND WHAT KIND...WILL FALL. THE PREVIOUS MODEL RUN AND THIS ONE BOTH DEPICT THE HEAVIEST PRECIP OVER CENTRAL INTO EASTERN NEVADA WITH SELECT HEAVIER SPOTS IN FAVORED TERRAIN AREAS AROUND NORTHERN NEVADA. HOWEVER...EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL DRAMATICALLY DIFFER BETWEEN MODELS. THE NAM AGREES MORE WITH THE EC IN GIVING ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW...APPROACHING WARNING LEVEL IN A FEW SPOTS BUT FALLING DURING THE DAY ON WARM ROADS AND MORE AND MORE BARE GROUND...LESSENING THE IMPACTS OF THE EVENT. THE GFS GOES HOG WILD WITH AMOUNTS AND PRODUCING MORE SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH COULD LEAVE MORE ON THE GROUND DURING MORNING TRAVEL. WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY...THE PREVIOUS SHIFT MADE THE DECISION TO ISSUED A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND LEAVE OFF ANY IMPACT BASED ADVISORIES OR WATCHES AT THAT TIME. THIS SHIFT HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW THEIR LEAD AND STRENGTHEN THE WORDING IN THE HWO AND RE-ISSUE. IN ADDITION...H7 WINDS WILL EXCEED 50 KNOTS THIS MORNING IN FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SKIRT THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THERE WAS SOME INDICATION THAT THESE WOULD ALSO AFFECT NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...BOTH THROUGH ABOUT 18Z TODAY WITH A RAPID DROP OFF IN SPEEDS AFTER THAT. HOWEVER...THERE IS LITTLE INDICATION ON THE GROUND THAT WINDS ARE PICKING UP IN RESPONSE. ELY AND ELKO ARE BREEZY BUT DO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ADVISORY. UNLESS THE WIND SPEEDS INCREASE AND THE AREA OF WIND SPEEDS WIDENS WILL NOT ISSUE WIND ADVISORY...BUT WILL INCLUDE WINDS IN THE HWO AND HANDLE WITH NOWCASTS. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST. BB LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. DEEP UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE SITTING OVER THE REGION TO START THE LONG TERM. LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BE EXITING EAST ACROSS UTAH WITH FGEN SNOW LINGERING OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY THOUGH COLD AIR ALOFT WILL PROMOTE ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. IT SHOULD BE RATHER COOL FOR EARLY-MID MARCH BUT NOT UNUSUAL WITH MANY PLACES IN THE 40S. BY SUNDAY THE TROUGH IS MOVING AWAY WITH A RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THIS SHOULD PROMOTE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. THE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS TO OUR WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...SO NO SUBSTANTIAL WARM UP IS EXPECTED...BUT CERTAINLY NOT BAD FOR MID MARCH WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S IN MOST VALLEYS. NEXT SYSTEM DOESN'T LOOK TO APPROACH OUR REGION UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST. RCM AVIATION...MAIN ISSUE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 KNOTS ESPECIALLY AT KWMC THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH TONIGHT...BAND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AFFECTING KELY MOST LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH IFR CIGS/VIS AND ACCUMULATION ON RUNWAYS. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT... RCM && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 90/87
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 234 AM PST WED MAR 6 2013 NVZ030-031-033>041-071045- 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- 234 AM PST WED MAR 6 2013 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 STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHWEST NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN AFFECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING... WITH SOME AREAS SEEING SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS THE STORM CENTER MOVES SOUTH ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE FELT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS BETWEEN THE COMPUTER MODELS ABOUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND THE TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. HOWEVER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS LIKELY ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STILL TOO UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME TO ISSUE ANY WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS. .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 wind gust of 59 mph was observed at the Texas Springs RAWS and a gust to 58 mph was observed at the Double H RAWS. High winds 3 miles west of Orovada blew down trees and broke gated irrigation pipe and equipment.
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