Nevada, 2002

High Wind in Nevada, December 16, 2002

December 16, 2002 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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 Dec 16, 2:45 AM PST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 2:45 AM PST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 AM PST MON DEC 16 2002

COOLER AIR STARTING TO SPREAD INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA
THIS MORNING AS THE FIRST OF TWO COLD FRONTS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE
OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FIRST FRONT SHOULD KEEP SNOW ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS THRU A GOOD
PART OF TODAY BUT BY THIS EVENING THE SECOND COLD FRONT SHOULD LOWER
SNOW LEVELS TO THE VALLEY FLOORDS.  WINDS MAY DIMINISH A BIT THIS
MORNING BUT INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE SECOND COLD
FRONT.  THE COOLING SHOULD TAKE PLACE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SO MONO
COUNTY LIKELY TO SEE THE COLDER AIR LAST.

SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE SIERRA WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING THEN AGAIN
TONIGHT IN THE COLDER AIR.  THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THE SECOND
FRONT IS SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN THIS FIRST FRONT BUT WITH COLDER AIR
HOLDING LESS WATER AND LOWER SNOW LEVELS PRECIP WILL CONT TO BE
MODERATE.

WILL KEEP THE WINTER STORM WARNING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.  ALSO
WILL KEEP THE HIGH WIND WARNING UP FOR THE SRN PART OF THE CWA.
WILL LOWER THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE NORTHERN CWA TO A WIND
ADVISORY. JF

IN THE EXTENDED...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...DEEP CLOSED LOW EXPECTED
TO SLIDE DOWN THE WESTERN U.S COAST THURSDAY BEFORE MOVING INLAND
OVER NRN CA FRIDAY. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE HANDLING OF THIS
FEATURE WITH THE ECMWF/NOGAPS NOT CLOSING THE LOW OFF AS ROBUSTLY
WHILE KEEPING IT A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAN THE GFS/CNDN SOLUTIONS.
WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS/CNDN AND CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST OF
STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW WITH 50+KT
700 MB FLOW MOVING INTO SIERRA. AIRMASS WILL NOT MODIFY MUCH OVER
FORECAST AREA AS SYSTEM REMAINS RELATIVELY COOL AS IT DROPS OUT OF
NW FLOW. THIS WOULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND
LIKELY OVER WRN NV. IF CORE OF LOW DOES MOVE OVER CNTL SIERRA...AS
ADVERTISED BY GFS...UNSTABLE AIRMASS WOULD RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERY
PATTER SAT AND POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO SUNDAY. MILNE

.REV...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY ZONES 73..4..1.
       WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY ZONES 2/72..71.
       WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT ZONE 73.
       WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 70/5..71..3.
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST, 20 hours 57 minutes before
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-161500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
700 AM PST SUN DEC 15 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN
SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE..MONDAY

WINTER STORM WILL LEAVE LIGHT SNOW OVER MOST AREAS THIS MORNING.  BY
THIS AFTERNOON SNOW WILL TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS. SEE RNOWSWREV FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AT THIS TIME.

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Washoe

When
December 16, 3:57 AM PST
Where
Northern Washoe forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.665, -119.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

More

Every storm in Nevada in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 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: 5325391.