High Wind, X E Modoc
- When
- February 7, 2:15 PM PST to 5:15 PM PST
- Where
- X E Modoc forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.590, -120.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in California, February 7, 2002
Spotter in Cedarville reported high winds for 3 hours. Minor damage to the roof of an airport building.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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.
Spotter in Cedarville reported high winds for 3 hours. Minor damage to the roof of an airport building. Trees blown down, estimated winds at 60-70 mph. Total cost is approximately $1,000
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 Feb 7, 9:55 AM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 9:55 AM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
955 AM PST THU FEB 7 2002
QUICK UPDATE THIS MORNING TO ZFP PACKAGE TO CONVERT HIGH WIND
WATCHES TO ADVISORIES/WARNINGS. WILL GO WITH WIND ADVISORIES FOR
THIS AFTN/EVNG PERIOD FOR RENO AREA AND PYRAMID LAKE. UPGRADING TO
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ALONG THE SIERRA FROM TAHOE NORTH...AS WELL AS
WASHOE VALLEY.
WILL CONTINUE WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY SIERRA NORTH OF TAHOE BUT
AT THIS TIME WILL STICK WITH WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TAHOE UNTIL DO
MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT MODEL DATA AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES COMPLETE. RL/JAH
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ071 ABOVE 5000 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
...WINTER STORM WATCH CAZ072 AND NV002 ABOVE 7000 FEET THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.
...HIGH WIND WARNING CAZ070>072 NVZ002-005 THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.
...WIND ADVISORY NVZ003 THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
...WIND ADVISORY PYRAMID LAKE NVZ004 TODAY.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 7 to 8, 2002
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, February 7, 2002
- High Wind in Washington, February 7, 2002
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 7 to 9, 2002
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 7 to 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 7 to 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 7 to 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, February 7, 2002
- High Wind in Nevada, February 7, 2002
- High Wind in California, February 7, 2002
More
Every storm in California in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2002
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: 5280583.