Thunderstorm Wind, White Pine
- When
- July 3, 5:41 PM PST to 5:43 PM PST
- Where
- White Pine County, 35.07 mi WNW of Steptoe to 34.91 mi WNW of Steptoe
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 39.740, -115.520
Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 3, 2014
A dry microburst produced a wind gust to 68 mph at the Alligator Ridge RAWS site.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A dry microburst produced a wind gust to 68 mph at the Alligator Ridge RAWS site.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 3, 2:34 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:34 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 334 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS...HOT WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. AFTER REACHING A MINIMUM ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SIX DAYS. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. BEST MOISTURE AND WIND CONVERGENCE IS LOCATED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY...WHERE A DECENT NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED. SPOTTY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE BUT SHOULD BE VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. MOISTURE IS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH AND WINDS ALOFT SHIFT TOA MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION. ADD IN THE BUILDING HEIGHTS ON FRIDAY AS THE RIDGE TO OUR SOUTHEAST SURGES...AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A NICE QUIET (BUT FIRECRACKER HOT) INDEPENDENCE DAY 2014. STILL CAN'T COMPLETELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...MOST LIKELY IN EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...BUT FOR SURE COVERAGE SHOULD BE MUCH REDUCED ON FRIDAY AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AS IMPLIED...TEMPS WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH WIDESPREAD MID- UPPER 90S AND SOME READINGS IN THE LOW 100S. HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SUNDAY AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD US. WITH THE WINDS SHIFTING TO AN EASTERLY DIRECTION IN CENTRAL NEVADA...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL START TO MOVE IN...AND THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL START TO RISE AGAIN. ELSEWHERE...SATURDAY SHOULD STAY DRY IN NORTHERN NEVADA AND REMAIN QUITE HOT. RCM .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MODELS AGREE WELL ON BUILDING FOUR CORNERS HIGH INTO REGION AND THEN BRINGING REMNANTS OF EASTERN PACIFIC TROPICAL STORM MOISTURE AROUND WEST SIDE OF RIDGE INTO NEVADA. SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE MUCH FROM PREVIOUS THINKING SO WILL LEAVE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN LONG RANGE FORECAST. NOT FLOOD CAUSING STORMS...JUST NOT TOTALLY DRY LIGHTNING. LONG RANGE FORECAST LOOKS HOT WITH RIDGE DOMINATING REGION. WELCOME TO JULY. && .AVIATION...VFR THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT REGION AROUND KEKO AND KELY...MOSTLY AROUND KELY...THROUGH AROUND 03Z FRIDAY. GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORMS AND VIRGA. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT TONIGHT BUT LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS MAY START SOME NEW FIRES AS STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE DRY WITH PW'S LESS THAN 3/4 INCH AND BASES NEAR 500 MB...ALONG WITH DECENT STORM MOTION. WITH PW'S DROPPING MOSTLY BELOW 1/2 INCH ON FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEARLY IF NOT COMPLETELY ABSENT...THOUGH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WHICH WILL NOT BE FAR BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA MAY HELP ANY EXISTING FIRES SPREAD. AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO CENTRAL NEVADA...THEN POSSIBLY ADVANCE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. ALL-IN-ALL...NOT FUN WEATHER FIRE-WISE AS THE SPORADIC THUNDERSTORMS AND HOT TEMPERATURES PROMISE TO RESULT IN SPORADIC NEW STARTS THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD...THOUGH A WIDESPREAD DRY LIGHTNING OUTBREAK IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RCM && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 93/98/98/93
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:16 PM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 216 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ035-032245- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 216 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LAGES FIRE IN NORTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM PDT... AT 212 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER CELLS IN THE AREA OF THE LAGES FIRE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EXPECT STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO IMPACT THE LAGES FIRE ERRATIC AND VARIABLE DIRECTIONS. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHERRY CREEK... LAGES JUNCTION... HIGHWAYS 93 AND 93 ALTERNATE... && LAT...LON 3971 11519 3983 11536 4012 11508 4011 11437 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 224DEG 20KT 3984 11519 BB
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:51 PM PST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 251 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ035-032230- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 251 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM PDT... AT 248 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 22 MILES EAST OF PINTO SUMMIT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS COMPLEX. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THE AREA BETWEEN CHERRY CREEK AND HIGHWAY 50 OVER TO NEWARK VALLEY... && LAT...LON 4006 11538 3979 11487 3912 11559 3927 11587 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 206DEG 20KT 3953 11552 BB
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:44 PM PST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 344 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ035-032345- WHITE PINE COUNTY NV- 344 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LAGES FIRE IN NORTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 342 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE LAGES FIRE. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. STORMS LIKE THESE HAVE PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF NEARLY 50 MPH IN WESTERN WHITE PINE COUNTY. THEY ARE CAPABLE OF CONTINUING TO PRODUCE 50 MPH WIND GUSTS FROM ERRATIC DIRECTIONS. DRY LIGHTNING IS A POSSIBILITY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHERRY CREEK AND SCHELLBOURNE... LAGES JUNCTION... HIGHWAYS 93 AND 93 ALTERNATE... && LAT...LON 3944 11469 3965 11506 4012 11495 4011 11427 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 208DEG 17KT 3969 11491 BB
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:58 PM PST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 458 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ031-040045- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 458 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM PDT... AT 455 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEVADA STATE ROUTE 225 BETWEEN WILD HORSE RESERVOIR AND MOUNTAIN CITY IN RURAL NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4195 11554 4174 11543 4164 11584 4181 11593 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 248DEG 14KT 4176 11577 RCM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:48 PM PST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 548 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ031-040130- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 548 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM PDT... AT 544 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4173 11422 4155 11404 4135 11445 4149 11459 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 234DEG 19KT 4148 11442 RCM
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:14 PM PST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 614 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 NVZ031-040200- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV- 614 PM PDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM PDT... AT 614 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELLS...OR NEAR HD SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HD SUMMIT... U.S. HIGHWAY 93 NEAR HD SUMMIT... RURAL EASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4158 11455 4135 11435 4122 11480 4141 11491 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 245DEG 27KT 4138 11467 TURNER
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Washington, July 3, 2014
- Excessive Heat in California, July 3, 2014
- Rip Current in Alabama, July 3, 2014
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in North Carolina, July 3 to 4, 2014
- Wildfire in California, July 3 to 6, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 3, 2014
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 3 to 5, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 3, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 2014
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 519224.