High Wind in Nevada, March 26, 2003

Name: High Wind in Nevada, March 26, 2003
Start: 2003-03-26T16:00
End: 2003-03-26T16:00
Location: Nevada

March 26, 2003 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $25,000
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 Mar 26, 2:45 PM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 2:45 PM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST WED MAR 26 2003

STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN CA AND
WESTERN NV THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL NV. MOST AREAS WERE IN THE 25-35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN BRIEF LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 60
MPH REPORTED. PRESSURE GRADIENTS SEEM TO BE AT THEIR PEAK WITH
NEARLY 11 MB BETWEEN MEDFORD AND TONOPAH. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
EXTENDED FOR THESE WINDY AREAS UNTIL 7 PM. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
NORTHERLY AND DECREASE THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS
AMPLIFYING OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND WILL BRING A COOL AND DRY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO WESTERN NV THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE RIDGE
MOVES OVER THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING
SIGNIFICANTLY. DAYTIME HIGHS AROUND 70 ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN
VALLEYS. RC

IN THE EXTENDED...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DRY AND RELATIVELY WARM
CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.  MODELS HAVE
A RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS WITH RISING HEIGHTS.  TEMPS WILL
BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  A SYSTEM
IS PROGGED TO MOVE IN OFF OF THE PACIFIC ON MONDAY AND WILL
CONTINUE DUE EAST TO THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN ON TUESDAY.  DYNAMICS
SHOULD STAY NORTH OF KREV CWFA.  WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF DRY
CONDITIONS IN FORECAST BUT WILL SHOW AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH.  OHARA

.REV...WIND ADVISORY NVZ001-003-004 CAZ073 UNTIL 7 PM.

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 6:00 AM PST, 10 hours before

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-271500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
600 AM PST WED MAR 26 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING A SHORT
PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER PASSES AROUND LAKE TAHOE AND
LASSEN COUNTY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY AND
FOLLOW THIS FRONT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE WSWREV...WWUS45 FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE SIERRA. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SEE NPWREV...WWUS75 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

HOHMANN

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, S Washoe T X Se & X Sw/Storey/E Carson City/C&e Douglas/Nw Lyon

When: March 26, 4:00 PM PST
Where: S Washoe T X Se & X Sw/Storey/E Carson City/C&e Douglas/Nw Lyon forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Multiple wind gusts measured by automated weather station in Washoe Valley. The strong winds blew over an empty tractor-trailer rig in Washoe Valley. The driver suffered minor injuries.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5349581.