1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 1:30 PM PST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 230 PM PDT WED APR 14 2004 .SHORT TERM... TROF DIGGING OFF SHORE THIS AFTN HAS LEFT AIRMASS DRY OVR MOST OF THE CWA. THE DIGGING WILL LIKELY DELAY THE ONSET OF PRECIP THIS EVENING AS WELL. HAVE TRIMMED THE POPS AND PRECIP AMOUNT BACK IN THE TAHOE BASIN. THE THINKING AT THIS TIME IS PRECIP WILL MAINLY BE IN LASSEN COUNTY. ALSO ONSET OF PRECIP WILL BE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS LIKELY TO PRESIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE REST OF THE PERIOD THRU SATURDAY STAYS SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED WITH COOL AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVR THE AREA. MOISTURE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED SO THINK CHC OF PRECIP ARE LOW AND PRECIP SHOULD BE JUST SHOWERS. FISCHER && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SUNDAY STILL LOOKS TO BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS WITH A POSSIBLE BREAK IN THE PRECIP CHANCES. BUT DUE TO LACK OF CONFIDENCE TO TIMING OF SHORT WAVES AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM STILL LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER MAINLY THE SIERRA AND FAR WRN NV. MODELS STILL SHOWING SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER THE GFS IS SHOWING SOME RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITH TIMING OF SYSTEM WHICH IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE 12Z RUN IS A LITTLE COOLER ON SUNDAY WITH 500MB HEIGHTS NEAR TAHOE AROUND 558DM... AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED LOW OFF THE NRN CA COAST INSTEAD OF ELONGATED TROF. STILL EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE LEFT CHANCE POPS OVER THE SIERRA AND NRN ZONES ON MONDAY AND SHIFTED POPS GRADUALLY EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH TUESDAY. UKMET IS STARTING TO TREND TOWARD GFS... BUT EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN CONTINUE WITH SLOWER TROUGH PROGRESSION. THEREFORE WITH STILL SUCH INCONSISTENCIES LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN TRIMMED POPS OVER ALL BUT FAR ERN ZONES BY WEDNESDAY...TO BETTER COORDINATE WITH ELKO. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50S IN WRN NV AND IN THE 40S ACROSS THE SIERRA...SNOW LEVELS JUST ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOORS. GRADUAL WARMING STARTING WEDNESDAY ASSUMING TROUGH MOVES THROUGH BY THEN. BENINATO && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...LAKE WIND ADV THURS FOR PYRAMID LAKE AND LAKE TAHOE NVZ002-004. CA...LAKE WIND ADV THURS FOR LAKE TAHOE CAZ072. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 740 AM PDT WED APR 14 2004 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-151500- GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-MONO COUNTY-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- 740 AM PDT WED APR 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA...AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TODAY. LAKE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR LAKE TAHOE AND PYRAMID LAKE...SEE WMO HEADER SXUS45 KREV FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. STARTING APRIL 15 2004...THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL ONLY BE ISSUED WHEN HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA OR WESTERN NEVADA WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WHEN THERE IS ANY THREAT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER...THIS OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 AM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
64 knot (74 mph) wind gust reported by trained spotter 6 miles south of Reno.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2004
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: 5432185.