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 Nov 28, 2:30 PM PST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
230 PM PST WED NOV 28 2001
THE WET WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE AS STRONG LOW AMPLITUDE WESTERLY
FLOW PERSISTS. CURRENT SYSTEM MOVING INTO CALIFORNIA PROGRESSING
FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY PROGGED AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SIERRA
TONIGHT AND BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA BY MIDNIGHT AND FINALLY
EXIT THE REGION MIDDAY THURSDAY. DESPITE FAST MOVEMENT...SYSTEM IS
FAIRLY WET AND SHOULD PRODUCE SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE
SIERRA. IN ADDITION WINDS ARE GRADUALLY INCREASING WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 50 MPH AT THE CATNIP RAWS AND CLOSE TO 100 MPH AT THE SUMMIT OF
WARD MOUNTAIN. WILL ALLOW HIGH WIND WARNINGS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
EXPAND AREA INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. OTHERWISE FRIDAY WILL BE THE
ONLY BREAK WITH MAINLY SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS WORKING ACROSS THE
AREA. MOST MODEL RUNS ARE DEPICTING SOME LIGHT OVERRUNNING
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW NORTH AND
INCREASING CLOUDS SOUTH. LEAD SHORTWAVE TO AMPLIFYING EAST PACIFIC
TROUGH WORKS ACROSS AREA ON SATURDAY WITH BEST FORCING ALONG THE
SIERRA. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY LOW AS LITTLE AMPLIFICATION
NOTED IN LEAD SHORTWAVE.
FOR THE EXTENDED...THE MRF/AVN AND CANADIAN WERE A LITTLE SLOWER IN
BRINGING IN THE STRONGER SYSTEM ON SUNDAY AND KEPT THE BEST CHANCES
IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES THEN SPREADING IT SOUTHWARD SUNDAY
NIGHT. AS A RESULT...SOME OF THE STEADY PRECIP SPILLS OVER INTO
EARLY MONDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. TEMPS DROP A FEW DEGREES
REGIONWIDE ON MONDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS.
MORE MODEL DIVERGENCE IS NOTED LATER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS THE
CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN ATTEMPT TO BUILD A RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST
AND PUT OUR REGION UNDER A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WHILE THE MRF AND
ENSEMBLE MEAN CONTINUE WITH THE MEAN WEST COAST TROUGH WITH A
RELENTLESS ASSAULT OF MOISTURE-LADEN SHORTWAVES ALMOST ON A DAILY
BASIS. THE 12Z AVN EXTENSION RETAINS QPF FOR THE 12Z TUESDAY TO 12Z
WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME AND DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING...FOR NOW
BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE GROUPED TOGETHER WITH A CHANCE OF
SNOW AND WINDY IN ALL ZONES. HOHMANN/MJD
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING TNGT CAZ071>072-NVZ002
WINTER STORM WARNING TNGT CAZ073
HIGH WIND WARNING TNGT CAZ070>073-NVZ002
WIND ADVISORY TNGT NVZ003.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 67 mph in 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: 5274379.