1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 25, 9:00 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 900 PM PST THU MAR 25 2004 .UPDATE... BACK EDGE OF COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH TAHOE AREA AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING WITH DECREASE IN PCPN NOTED ON RADAR AND SFC OBS IN NRN SIERRA. COLD AND UNSTABLE POST FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER NRN SIERRA THROUGH FRIDAY. WEATHER SPOTTERS IN TAHOE AREA REPORTED 3-6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT LAKE LEVEL AND REMOTE PCPN SENSORS SHOW UP TO 10 INCHES ALONG SIERRA CREST. HAVE CANCELED SNOW ADVISORIES IN TAHOE AND LASSEN COUNTIES WITH ABOUT 1-2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LAKE TAHOE AREA AND EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY. WILL ALSO CANCEL OR LET EXPIRE WIND ADVISORIES AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORIES OVER WESTERN NEVADA ZONES. WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT OVER MONO COUNTY AS FRONT SLIDES SWD ACROSS CENTRAL SIERRA. CYLKE .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA BY MONDAY WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNING TO THE AREA AHEAD OF NEXT PACIFIC TROF. QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH NEXT SYSTEM BEGIN BY MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE GFS MOST PROGRESSIVE. GFS MOVES TROF NEAR THE NRN CA COAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE UKMET AND EUROPEAN HOLD TROF FURTHER WEST. LOOKS LIKE THIS SYSTEM WILL SPLIT WITH MAIN ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE PAC NW AND BRUSHING NRN ZONES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE HAVE REDUCED POPS FROM RENO AND TRUCKEE SOUTH BUT LEFT THE LOW SLIGHT CHANCE OVER NRN ZONES. SRN PORTION OF TROF BECOMES A CUT OFF LOW OFF THE CENTRAL CA COAST. CURRENT THINKING IS TO LEAVE THURSDAY DRY WITH LOW EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE. 12Z GFS BRINGS MOISTURE AND PRECIP NORTH AHEAD OF LOW UP TO RENO ON THURSDAY... BUT BEING DAY 7 WILL LEAVE AREA DRY AFTER COORDINATING WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. AS RIDGE MOVES ACROSS EXPECT TEMPS ON MONDAY TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S OVER WRN NV VALLEYS AND IN THE MID 50S NEAR LAKE LEVEL. TEMPS WILL DROP A FEW DEGREES AS PACIFIC TROF MOVES THROUGH BUT STILL SHOULD REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BENINATO && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT ZONE 73. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 630 AM PST THU MAR 25 2004 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-261500- 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- 630 AM PST THU MAR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA...AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A PACIFIC STORM BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY /WWUS75 KREV NPWREV/ AND SNOW ADVISORY /WWUS45 KREV WSWREV/ FOR THE LATEST ON THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1018 PM PST THU MAR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SILVER SPRINGS 39.42N 119.22W
03/25/2004 56 MPH LYON NV MESONET
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 12 SSW RENO 39.38N 119.91W
03/25/2004 68 MPH WASHOE NV FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND GST RENO 39.54N 119.82W
03/25/2004 56 MPH WASHOE NV OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 N VIRGINIA CITY 39.38N 119.64W
03/25/2004 72 MPH STOREY NV MESONET
0404 PM NON-TSTM WND GST VIRGINIA CITY 39.31N 119.64W
03/25/2004 55 MPH STOREY NV MESONET
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND GST HOLBROOK JUNCTION 38.73N 119.55W
03/25/2004 56 MPH DOUGLAS NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND GST HOLBROOK JUNCTION 38.73N 119.55W
03/25/2004 56 MPH DOUGLAS NV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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TRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1052 PM PST THU MAR 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 NW TRUCKEE 39.38N 120.27W
03/25/2004 6.00 INCH NEVADA CA TRAINED SPOTTER
NV05 TAHOE DONNER
0655 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 N TRUCKEE 39.40N 120.20W
03/25/2004 4.50 INCH NEVADA CA TRAINED SPOTTER
NV19
0910 PM HEAVY SNOW SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 38.94N 119.98W
03/25/2004 8.00 INCH EL DORADO CA TRAINED SPOTTER
ED05 SIMON SMITH
0940 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 S TRUCKEE 39.30N 120.20W
03/25/2004 8.00 INCH PLACER CA TRAINED SPOTTER
PL06
0950 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 SW MEYERS 38.81N 120.08W
03/25/2004 12.00 INCH EL DORADO CA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ECHO SUMMIT 7382 FEET
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TRCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
51 knot (59 mph) wind gust reported at NDOT sensor in Washoe Valley.
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, March 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: 5431818.