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 6, 8:45 PM PST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 PM PST WED NOV 6 2002
STRONG JETSTREAM ACROSS THE PACIFIC IS BRINGING A WINTER STORM
TOWARDS THE SIERRA THIS EVENING. MID CLOUDS OVER RENO LOWER AND
DEEPEN TOWARD THE NORTHERN CA COAST. RADAR LOOPS SHOW THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CAPE MENDOCINO AT
830 PM. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO LASSEN COUNTY OVERNIGHT
AND THEN SOUTH ALONG THE SIERRA ON THURSDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE GOING
TO FLUCTUATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH INITIAL SNOW LEVELS
FAIRLY LOW BUT RISING SHARPLY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE FALLING
AGAIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. CURRENT FORECAST HANDLES THIS VARIANCE WITH
AN AVERAGE FOR EACH FORECAST PERIOD WHICH IS REASONABLE UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. HPC PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE ALONG
THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND SUGGEST SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE AT HIGH ELEVATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND IS A MAJOR
CONCERN FOR THE CWA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SPOTTER REPORTS
SUGGEST WIND HAS ALREADY PICKED UP IN LASSEN COUNTY. WITH THE STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENTS IN PLACE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THE JETSTREAM
SETTING UP RIGHT OVER NORTHERN CA THE HIGH WIND WATCH LOOKS VERY
GOOD FOR NOW AND WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED OVERNIGHT. RC
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THURSDAY/FRIDAY CAZ071>073-NVZ002
HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY/FRIDAY CAZ070-071-073-NVZ001-003-005.CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-071400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 300 PM PST WED NOV 6 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA ABOVE 6500 FEET THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MONO COUNTY ABOVE 7000 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA ON THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF STORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA BY LATE FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE SIERRA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING...WSWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS45 AND THE LATEST HIGH WIND WATCH...NPWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS75. WATCH/WARNING INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/RENO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple wind gusts of 55-65 mph measured throughout the region by automated sensors.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2002
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: 5321710.