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 21, 3:00 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 300 AM PST WED NOV 21 2001 ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THIS COMING WEEKEND. FIRST IN SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. LEE SIDE WINDS GUSTING LOCALLY TO 40MPH OR SO UNTIL TROF PASSES AND UPPER FLOW FLATTENS OUT AND WEAKENS. WILL LET HEADLINES FOR WIND THIS MORNING EXPIRE BUT WILL MENTION STRONG WINDS IN AFFECTED ZONES THRU AT LEAST DAYBREAK. WINDS MAY AGAIN BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT BUT PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG WINDS MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT INTO THE VALLEYS. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO STILL COME AND GO LOCALLY AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE HEADLINES AGAIN TONIGHT. DEEP MSTR MOVES INTO AREA LATER TODAY WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL SIERRA. AS STRONG JET PUSHES INTO NRN CA LATE TNGT AND THUR TOWARD TAHOE AREA GOOD SETUP FOR STRONG WINDS AGAIN TONIGHT ALG WITH OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED PCPN. HIGH POPS CONT THANKSGIVING BUT FOCUS SHIFTS TO SRN SIERRA AS JET CONTS TO SAG SOUTHWARD. THINKING RIGHT NOW IS THAT SNOW ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR TNGT/THANKSGIVING FAVORED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...WATCH WILL NOT BE ISSUED AS SNOW LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN HIGH FOR ONSET OF PRECIPITATION WITH FCST AMOUNTS BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO DROP FRIDAY AS UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO AREA. SNOW LIKELY MOST AREAS SATURDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTENDED. ALTHO TROF BEGINS TO MOVE EAST MON/TUE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP CHC SHOWERS ACRS REGION. JAH/SG .REV...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV
345 AM PST WED NOV 21 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM 3 S RENO NV 64 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
11/20/01 WASHOE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
1150 PM 4 NW RENO NV 71 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
11/20/01 WASHOE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
1150 PM 4 N RENO NV WIND DAMAGE
11/20/01 WASHOE DOWNED TRAFFIC SIGNS
AND FENCE DAMAGE
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEECAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 500 AM PST WED NOV 21 2001 ...UNSETTLED AND COLDER WEATHER FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY INTO THE COMING WEEKEND... A STRONG JET STREAM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC WILL DIRECT A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A MILD WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE SIERRA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS BY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF STEADIER RAIN...WITH SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SIERRA...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN THE SIERRA...SNOW LEVELS NEAR 6500 FEET THIS MORNING WILL RISE TO 7500-8000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 7000 FEET TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4-8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND MONO COUNTY BY TOMORROW MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY BEFORE A SECOND...COLDER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING MORE PRECIPITATION INTO THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MOTORISTS 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.
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 500 AM PST WED NOV 21 2001 ...UNSETTLED AND COLDER WEATHER FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY INTO THE COMING WEEKEND... A STRONG JET STREAM ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC WILL DIRECT A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A MILD WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE SIERRA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS BY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF STEADIER RAIN...WITH SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SIERRA...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN THE SIERRA...SNOW LEVELS NEAR 6500 FEET THIS MORNING WILL RISE TO 7500-8000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 7000 FEET TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4-8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND MONO COUNTY BY TOMORROW MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF THE AFTERNOON OF THANKSGIVING DAY BEFORE A SECOND...COLDER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING MORE PRECIPITATION INTO THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MOTORISTS 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 report of wind gust to 66 mph six miles SW of Gardnerville.
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: 5274137.