High Wind, Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area
- When
- December 13, 5:49 AM PST to 5:50 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nevada, December 13, 1996
A weather sensor in Washoe Valley reported a wind gust of 52 kts. Sustained winds of 35 kts occurred for about an hour.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 REV wrote it up.
A weather sensor in Washoe Valley reported a wind gust of 52 kts. Sustained winds of 35 kts occurred for about an hour.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, December 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New York, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 13 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Connecticut, December 13, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Pennsylvania, December 13, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, December 13 to 14, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 1996
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: 5580644.