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 Apr 15, 1:35 AM PST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 235 AM PDT THU APR 15 2004 .SHORT TERM... SHORTWAVE PUSHING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON IS PRODUCING SOME LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE SIERRA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND INTO LASSEN AND MODOC COUNTIES. MOISTURE PRODUCING THESE SHOWERS IS VERY SHALLOW WITH VERY NOTICABLE SHADOWING ON IR BY THE SIERRA. PRECIP SHOULD END BY 6AM AS DRIER AIR IS BEING ADVECTED INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TROUGH DIGGING ALONG 135W WILL KEEP THE PATTERN COOL AND UNSETTELED THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WIND WILL BE BREEZY AGAIN TODAY AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...BUT WONT BE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY. LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TAHOE AND PYRAMID. BRONG && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MODELS STILL STRUGGLING A BIT AT TIMES WITH EXTENDED PATTERN...BUT WILL LEAN TOWARD MORE CONSISTENT EURO/GFS SOLUTIONS. POSSIBLE BREAK ON SUN FROM SYSTEMS PER GFS...BUT EURO KEEPS A FLATTER FLOW AHEAD OF ANOTHER SHORT WAVE DROPPING INTO THE MEAN TROF. FOR THIS REASON WILL KEEP LOW POPS BUT ONLY WEATHER MENTIONED IN ZONES/GRIDS FOR SIERRA WITH POSSIBLE UPSLOPE. OTHERWISE AFOREMENTIONED SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE MON INTO TUES AND HAVE RAISED POPS A BIT FOR THIS TIME PERIOD BASED ON GFS/EURO CONSISTENCY WITH SYSTEM. WITH SOME COLD TEMPS ALOFT MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...BUT TOO EARLY TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. THEN MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH RIDGING TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA FOR WED WHICH MAKES SENSE AS NEXT TROUGH TO DIG FURTHER WEST. TEMPS SHOULD WARM UP TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS WED AFTER BEING 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SUN-TUE. WALLMANN && .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1009 PM PDT WED APR 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 S RENO 39.45N 119.82W
04/14/2004 74 MPH WASHOE NV TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 S RENO 39.43N 119.83W
04/14/2004 74 MPH WASHOE NV TRAINED SPOTTER
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HOHMANNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
53 knot (61 mph) wind gust measured at the NDOT sensor at Five Mile Flat.
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