1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 20, 9:00 PM PST, 25 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 900 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2001 AN UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS OVER NRN CA THIS EVENING WITH PERHAPS A SECOND WEAK WAVE JUST OFF THE NRN CA COAST. THIS COMBINED TROUGH MOVES ACROSS WRN NV AFTER 06Z. RADAR INDICATES BANDS OF RAIN AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WHICH SHOULD BE DECREASING FROM THE WEST OVER WRN NV AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NE CA AND WRN NV AS FAR SOUTH AS GREATER TAHOE. THE SATELLITE SHOWS A WET WESTERLY FLOW UPSTREAM AND THE NEW ETA IS CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR MODEL RUNS INDICATING INCREASING RH THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGER DYNAMICS REMAIN OVER NRN CA WEDNESDAY THEN STRONG VERTICAL MOTION SHIFTS TO THE CENTRAL SIERRA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND UNDER THE JETSTREAM THAT PUSHES INLAND AND OVER THE SIERRA NEAR OR A LITTLE S OF TAHOE. RAIN SHOULD SPREAD FROM THE SIERRA TO WRN NV LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY OR BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG WINDS MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT INTO THE VALLEYS BUT GUSTY WINDS COULD STILL COME AND GO LOCALLY. A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY FOLLOWS THE PASSAGE OF THE SHORT WAVE AND THIS CLOUD ALLOW STRONGER WINDS TO REACH THE SURFACE DURING THE DAY. COOLER THURSDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 5000 FEET IN FAR NORTHERN NV TO NEAR 7000 FEET OVER MONO COUNTY. NEW MODEL RUNS SUPPORT PREVIOUS TRENDS FOR COOL WET CONDITIONS TO RESUME FRIDAY. OSTERMAN. .REV...NONE.
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-211030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 330 PM PST TUE NOV 20 2001 ...UNSETTLED AND COOLER WEATHER FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AND UPCOMING WEEKEND... A STRONG JET STREAM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC WILL DIRECT A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A MILD WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 7500 TO 8000 FEET WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE LOWERING TO 6500 TO 7000 FEET LATE THANKSGIVING DAY. UNSETTLED SHOWERY WEATHER AND COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO 5500 TO 6000 FEET FRIDAY AND THEN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS OF WESTERN NEVADA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA THIS WEEKEND WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS OF WESTERN NEVADA. MOTORIST PLANNING TRAVEL THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION WITH POSSIBLE POOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND HEAVIER HOLIDAY TRAFFIC.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter in South Reno reported a wind gust to 64 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 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: 5275010.