1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 9, 9:05 PM PST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
905 PM PST SAT NOV 9 2002
A SHORTWAVE WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN
NEVADA THIS EVENING. SOME HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG
THE HIGHER PASSES OF THE SIERRA NEAR LAKE TAHOE WITH LIGHTER
SNOWFALL NEAR LAKE LEVEL AND INTO LASSEN COUNTY. VERY FEW IF ANY
RADAR RETURNS IN WESTERN NEVADA AT THIS TIME. HEAVIER SNOWFALL
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE SIERRA AND NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA. WILL UPDATE TO DECREASE AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION
OVER MOST ZONES OVERNIGHT. WILL KEEP WSW GOING UNTIL EXPIRATION
TIME. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE BAROCLINIC ZONE SHOWING UP
ON SATELLITE OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST APPEARS TO BE MOVING
FASTER THEN MODELS SUGGEST. HOWEVER...EXPECT NO MORE THEN SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON
SUNDAY. WILL ALSO MAKE SOME SLIGHT TWEAKS FOR CLOUD COVER SUNDAY
NIGHT AS RIDGE BEGINS TO AMPLIFY OFFSHORE LIFTING MUCH OF THE CLOUD
COVER TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING CAZ072-NVZ002
SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING CAZ071CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-101400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 700 AM PST SAT NOV 9 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES ABOVE 5500 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MONO COUNTY ABOVE 6500 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA TODAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BURN AREAS OF MONO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THIS EVENING... A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA AND LASSEN COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWER TODAY WITH MORE ROADWAYS SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. IN ADDITION GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE LOWER VALLEY ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA INCLUDING SOME PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED...RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MADE THE BURN AREAS IN MONO COUNTY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. ADDITIONAL MODERATE OR HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 FROM TOPAZ LAKE TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 108. PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAIL: WINTER STORM WARNING/ADVISORY...WSWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS45 WIND ADVISORY...NPWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS75 FLASH FLOOD WATCH...FFAREV...OR WMO ID WGUS65. WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/RENO EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD MONITOR THE BURN AREAS. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE STORM SYSTEM ON DAY ONE WILL EXIT WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND WINDS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT. A FAST MOVING STORM WILL BRING SOME BRIEF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FRIDAY WHICH MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWS AND WINDS TO THE AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS FRIDAY APPROACHES. HOHMANN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts to 60 mph recorded by automated sensors in southern Washoe County.
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: 5321842.