Nevada, 2001

High Wind in Nevada, December 5, 2001

December 5, 2001 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong cold front moving across northern Nevada produced wind gusts to 63 mph at the Morey Creek RAWS 30 miles northwest of Winnemucca and a 61 mph gust at the Mather RAWS in Great Basin National Park.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 strong cold front moving across northern Nevada produced wind gusts to 63 mph at the Morey Creek RAWS 30 miles northwest of Winnemucca and a 61 mph gust at the Mather RAWS in Great Basin National Park.

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 Dec 5, 8:45 AM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 8:45 AM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
845 AM PST WED DEC 5 2001

SNOW IS FLYING ACROSS THE NRN 2/3RDS OF THE CWA THIS MORNING WITH
GOOD COVERAGE ON 88-D. S/W IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH AS SEEN ON WV
IMAGERY AS WELL AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE UPSTREAM. WINDS ARE ALSO
INCREASING AS SFC AND 700MB GRADIENT TIGHTEN. OVERRUNNING/WAA
PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH POS OMEGA VALUES PROGGED
TILL 00Z FRI. BEST DYNAMICS MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 18 AND 00Z THIS
AFTERNOON AS LE REGION OF 250H JET CROSSES NRN NV. THIS MATCHES
WELL WITH THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS CURRENTLY OVER NRN CA.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NRN ELKO AND
NRN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES WHERE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALL OF
THIS IS COVERED WELL IN THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE SO NO UPDATES
ARE EXPECTED.

.EKO...NONE

HOENISCH

The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Humboldt

When
December 5, 11:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
Where
Humboldt forecast zone
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, White Pine

When
December 5, 12:00 PM PST to 1:00 PM PST
Where
White Pine forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.442, -114.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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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: 5275673, 5275674.