High Wind in California, October 30, 2003

Name: High Wind in California, October 30, 2003
Start: 2003-10-30T00:00
End: 2003-10-30T01:20
Location: California

October 30, 2003 · NWS REV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Oct 29, 3:30 PM PST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 3:30 PM PST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 9:00 AM PST, 15 hours before

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-301400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
900 AM PST WED OCT 29 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A STRONG DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HIGH WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE
SIERRA.  EXPECT WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 395. PLEASE REFER TO /WWU85 KREV RFWREV/ FOR DETAILS ON THE
RED FLAG WARNING AND /WWU85 KREV NPWREV/ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
HIGH WIND WARNING...AND WIND AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO FOR TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING FREEZING OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES FOR MOST WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Mono

When: October 30, 12:00 AM PST
Where: Mono forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Mono

When: October 30, 1:20 AM PST
Where: Mono forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 37.939, -118.887 (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

Every storm in California in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in California, October 2003

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329350, 5329351.