A robust weather system brought gusty winds, isolated showers, and elevated fire concerns to portions on Nevada.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A robust weather system brought gusty winds, isolated showers, and elevated fire concerns to portions on Nevada.
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 Apr 5, 1:31 PM PST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 231 PM PDT Mon Apr 5 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Very windy conditions with gradually diminish this evening. The next few days will be dry with above normal temperatures. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday evening. Vigorous upper closed low centered over southeast Idaho has impacted northern and central Nevada this afternoon with wind. Broken cloud layer covers northeast Nevada, but any showers primparily limited to northern Elko County. Visual inspection at the Elko office indicates virga shafts, possibly enhancing gradient winds. Surface gradient weakens this evening, but northwest gradient flow aloft with 30-40kt 700 MB winds continues over eastern half of Elko County through tonight. Do not expect to expand forecast zone coverage of the Wind Advisory. Broad but flat ridge covers the region Tuesday and Wednesday, with west northwest flow bringing warmer air. Slightly cooler than normal Tuesday morning in the post frontal air mass. With more sunshine, afternoon temps recover to the upper 50s and 60s, several degrees warmer by Wednesday. Thursday, the next weather system stays north of Nevada, but gradient flow increases for afternoon breezes but remaining dry. .LONG TERM...Thursday night into next Monday. Model agreement has begun to come back into focus for the long term period. Zonal flow still remain consistent, allowing for dry and relatively warm conditions to continue for northern and central Nevada Friday. However, models now have a better focus on the trough set to brush by us Saturday. Current models now agree that the trough wont dig to far south to bring any impact precipitation wise. However, behind the weakened cold front pressure gradients will tighten up allowing for some breezy conditions Saturday afternoon. Beyond this passage, models once again fall out of agreement with the GFS proposing more activity and the ECMWF returning us to high pressure Sunday into Monday. For now, guidance favors the later of the two options with no foreseeable weather expected to start next week. Temperatures for the time frame look to stay in the 60s to 70s before taking a very minor drop behind the cold front Sunday and Monday. Meanwhile overnight temperatures consistently stay in the 30s to mid-20s. && .AVIATION... Gusty winds in the 25-35KT range continue through 03Z, with peak gusts around 40KT at KTPH. Winds gradually diminish between 03Z- 12Z tonight. Some erratic winds are expected in the vicinity of showers or virga. Most showers stay north of I-80 and ending in the 00-03Z time period. Local blowing dust is possible, but prevailing VFR conditions are expected. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 8 AM PDT Tuesday for South Central Elko County-Southeastern Elko County. Red Flag Warning until 8 PM PDT this evening for Central Nevada- Toiyabe-Northern Nye County-Mojave-White Pine and Northeast Nye Counties. Wind Advisory until 4 AM PDT Tuesday for Northwestern Nye County. && 88/94/88
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (CMP26) Warm Springs Summit, Elevation 7549 feet.
Station (PANN2) Pancake Raws, Elevation 5165 feet.
Station (SCHNV) 12.1 SE Ely (nv dot), Elevation 6687 feet.
Station (DNEP8) 4.3 E Baker (dri), Elevation 5185 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 941980, 941978, 941979, 941977.