High Wind — Sw & Sc Elko, Nevada

2010-03-30 · Sw & Sc Elko, Nevada

Event narrative

A wind gust to 67 mph was reported at both the Elko ASOS and the Weather Forecast Office, 66 mph at the Wells/Moor Grade NDOT Mesonet site, and 61 mph at the Halleck Junction NDOT Mesonet site. A couple of large trees were blown down in Elko along with many tree limbs. A couple of fences were also blown down. Several reports were received of some shingles being blown off of roofs and one house had some siding blown off. Four momentary power outages affected about half of Elko due to the high winds causing power lines to come together. At about 11:48 am two power lines coming together caused sparks that fell to the ground and ignited a brush fire that burned about half an acre off of east Idaho Street.

Wider weather episode

A powerful Pacific storm system brought high winds to northern and central Nevada on March 30th. Winds gusts over 60 mph were common across the area with a few gusts over 70 mph. This resulted in some structural damage and a few trees blown down in Elko.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 213901. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.