High Wind in Nevada, May 23, 2001

Name: High Wind in Nevada, May 23, 2001
Start: 2001-05-23T19:00
End: 2001-05-23T19:00
Location: Nevada

May 23, 2001 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm produced high winds that blew down powerlines and tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter. Downed tree limbs also blocked a city road and broke windows of several homes.

Where it happened

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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.

Thunderstorm produced high winds that blew down powerlines and tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter. Downed tree limbs also blocked a city road and broke windows of several homes.

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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 1:45 PM PST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:45 PM PST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PDT WED MAY 23 2001

NOT AS MUCH DEVELOPMENT AS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH BUT STILL
PRETTY EARLY. WILL KEEP SOME MENTION THIS EVENING AS CU STILL BUILDING
MAINLY NORTH-SOUTH AXIS FROM NORTHERN WASHOE THROUGH MONO COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATING SOME HIGHER RETURNS SOUTH OF CARSON CITY BUT NO
LIGHTNING DETECTED YET ACROSS CWA. SLIDE MTN FINALLY SWITCHED TO THE
WEST SO SHOULD KEEP ANY DEVELOPMENT EASTERN HALF OF CWA. LITTLE CHANGE
THURSDAY EXCEPT MAYBE BETTER AFTERNOON WEST WIND SO ANY THREAT AGAIN
SHOULD BE EASTERN PORTIONS. INSTABILITY MARGINAL SO WILL ONLY HAVE
SLIGHT CHANCES. MAIN PROBLEM STILL SEEMS TO BE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
SOME CONSISTANCY IN BRINGING IN SHORTWAVE SUNDAY/MONDAY PERIOD BUT HOW
MUCH ENERGY TO COME THROUGH STRONG UPPER RIDGE WITH STRONG DOWNSTREAM
LOW REMAINS IN DOUBT. PREFER WEAKER SOLUTION WITH NOT AS MUCH COOLING
SO WILL STAY ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE. THIS WOULD ALSO MEAN LESS CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/T-STORMS WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT SHOULD STILL SEE DIURNAL
DEVELOPMENT OFF MOUNTAINS. THEN WEAK RIDGING AGAIN NEXT WEEK IN DRIER
W-NW FLOW.

.REV...NONE.
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The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Mineral/Southern Lyon

When: May 23, 7:00 PM PST
Where: Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.780, -118.812 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, May 2001

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: 5238072.