Numerous reports of winds gusting to over 60 mph with isolated gusts over 70 mph as a strong cold front moved into the region. The winds caused scattered tree and roof damage around the area along with some power outages.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
Numerous reports of winds gusting to over 60 mph with isolated gusts over 70 mph as a strong cold front moved into the region. The winds caused scattered tree and roof damage around the area along with some power outages.
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 Apr 14, 8:00 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
900 AM PDT SUN APR 14 2002
UPPER LOW NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND WITH COLD FRONT ACROSS NE CALIFORNIA
AND EXTREME NW NEVADA. SHORT WAVE DROPS INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY AS FRONT SLIDES INTO CENTRAL NEVADA...THEN STALLS. FRONT WILL
BE REINFORCED BY MORE POTENT SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTH
ALONG 140W. THIS SWINGS THROUGH WESTERN NEVADA/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT. UPPER TROF THEN MOVES EAST OF WESTERN NEVADA TOMORROW
NIGHT. MOISTURE PLUME OFF THE PACIFIC HAS BEEN CUT OFF DRAMATICALLY
AND ENERGY WITH FRONT WILL MANIFEST ITSELF AS WIND.
THUS EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY WITH CONTINUED
WARM TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS. WINDS...ALREADY GUSTING TO 60 MPH OVER
THE MOUNTAINS...WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE BY THIS AFTERNOON FOR
LOCAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WIND ADVISORY UP FOR MOST AREAS
TODAY...EXCEPT THE SOUTH WHERE STRONGER WINDS ARRIVE TONIGHT. AN
ISOLATED RAIN SHOWER MAY SQUEEZE OUT ACROSS THE FAR NORTH WITH THE
FRONT. ISOLATED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH SECOND SHORT WAVE
OVER THE SIERRA. SOME OF THESE MAY BLOW INTO THE WESTERN VALLEYS
WHERE STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MUCH COOLER TOMORROW AS
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ALMOST 20 DEGREES FROM TODAY. CLEARING
AND CHILLY TOMORROW NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER DRY SHORT WAVE BEGINS ITS
APPROACH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL MAKE MINOR WORDING UPDATES TO
MORNING FORECAST. SG
.REV...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM ZONES 3...4...5...71
LAKE WIND ADVISORY LAKE TAHOE TODAYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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