A RAWS automated sensor in Doyle recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. The Susanville Sheriff's office reported high winds on US Highway 395 that blew over 3 semi trailers, damage estimated at $150,000.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
A RAWS automated sensor in Doyle recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. The Susanville Sheriff's office reported high winds on US Highway 395 that blew over 3 semi trailers, damage estimated at $150,000.
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 Jan 21, 9:15 AM PST, 27 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
915 AM PST MON JAN 21 2002
A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST
NEVADA HAS CAUSED WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. BASED ON WIND DATA ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN
NEVADA...HAVE UPDATED HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 9PM
THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE YET TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE WATCH AREA...SO WILL RE-EVALUATE HERE LATER THIS MORNING. SNOW
HAS YET TO DEVELOP ACROSS GREATER LAKE TAHOE REGION SO HAVE MADE
MINOR WORD CHANGES HERE AS WELL.
.REV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT
CAZ070-072...NVZ002...NV005.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING
NVZ003-004.
HIGH WIND WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NVZ001-CAZ073.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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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: 5279374, 5279375.