1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 13, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
900 PM PST THU DEC 13 2001
A COLD UPPER TROUGH IS SEEN IN THE SATELLITE DATA JUST OFF THE NW
COAST THIS EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG DYNAMICS FOLLOWS A COLD
FRONT INTO THE NRN SIERRA AFTER ABOUT 06Z AND CONTINUES RAPIDLY
SOUTHEAST INTO MONO COUNTY OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED AHEAD AND WITH THE COLD FRONT. VERTICAL MOTION DECREASES
OVER NE CA BY 12Z AND THE TAHOE AREA SHORTLY AFTER AND MONO COUNTY
BY 18Z. THE FAST MOVING SYSTEM LEAVES ABOUT AN INCH OF WATER
EQUIVALENT OVER THE EASTERN SIERRA AND PERHAPS SLIGHTLY MORE NEAR
THE CREST. LOCAL PRECIPITATION OF .1-.3 TENTHS IS POSSIBLE OVER
WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS. THE SNOW LEVELS FALL QUICKLY TO THE VALLEY
FLOORS OF WESTERN NEVADA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SNOW SHOWERS WITH
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE
AFTERNOON FRIDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES EAST OF
NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING AND COLDER LOW
EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. OSTERMAN.
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ071 ABOVE 5000 FEET AND ALL
CAZ072-NVZ002 TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ073 LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
HIGH WIND WARNING CAZ070>O72-NVZ002-003-005 TONIGHT.
WIND ADVISORY NVZ001 TONIGHT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter in Crowley Lake reported a wind gust to 61 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2001
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: 5275730.