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 Feb 15, 8:45 PM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2003
PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CA
THIS EVENING. AT 830 PM THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ALONG THE FRONTAL BAND
EXTENDING FROM REDDING TO NEAR THE BAY AREA. RAIN FELL AT BLUE
CANYON OVER THE PAST HOUR BUT HAS STOPPED FOR THE TIME BEING. THIS
WILL CHANGE AS THE FRONTAL PRECIPITATION MOVES CLOSER THIS EVENING.
EVENING MODELS AND SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW A SHORT WAVE APPROACHING
THE CA COAST BEING DRIVEN BY A 100 KNOT JETSTREAM. THE JET WILL
DRIVE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM EAST OVERNIGHT AND MOVE THE MAIN DYNAMICS
EAST OF THE AREA BY NOON SUNDAY. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH
THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE
SIERRA AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT DECREASE TO SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING
SUNDAY. ZONAL FLOW AND CONTINUED UPSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE TO
BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS AND THE WARNING CURRENTLY
IN EFFECT WILL NOT BE CHANGED. WILL PROBABLY UPDATE SOME ZONES THIS
EVENING TO MODIFY WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...INCREASING THEM
AT UPPER ELEVATIONS IN THE SIERRA OVERNIGHT AND LOWERING THEM JUST A
LITTLE IN WESTERN VALLEYS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WILL TAKE A LOOK AT
FORECAST HIGHS FOR SUNDAY AS NEW MOS GUIDANCE IS SEVERAL DEGREES
WARMER THAN PREVIOUS RUN. MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WITH VERY WEAK
SHORTWAVE BRINGS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE BRINGS
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. RC
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ71>73 AND NVZ02...TONIGHT THROUGH
NOON SUNDAYCAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-161500 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 615 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD DOWN THE SIERRA AND ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA...REFER TO WWUS46 KREV RNOWSWREV FOR DETAILS...SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV ON THE WEB .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA. REFER TO WWUS46 KREV RNOWSWREV FOR DETAILS...SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV ON THE WEB. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF RAIN OR SNOW PERSIST MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA... FOLLOWED BY A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY FOR THE SAME AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. LEO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured by automated sensor at Walker, CA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2003
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: 5345961.