Nevada, 2005

High Wind in Nevada, September 23, 2005

September 23, 2005 · 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
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Sep 23, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
230 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2005

.UPDATE...
PERSISTENT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER IN MONO COUNTY HAS
PROMPTED ISSUANCE OF HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. COLD
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH WINDS DECREASING AND BECOMING
NORTH OR NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. RC

.SHORT TERM...
TROF MOVING INTO NW NV THIS EVENING BUT ALL THE PROGS STALL IN OUT
OVER NRN NV.  S/W THAT IS CAUSING SHOWERS ACROSS EXTREME NW NV MOVES
RPDLY NE OVRNGT.  THAT SHOULD LEAVE BEHIND A COOLER AND DRIER
AIRMASS.  UPPER LOW REMAINS OVR NRN NV THRU SUN BUT LITTLE OR NO
PCPN EXPECTED.  MODELS FOR A CLOSED UPPER LOW OFF THE CALIF COAST BY
SUNDAY AFTN.  THAT CAUSE A WK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVR WRN NV.  AGAIN
THIS SHOULD BE DRY WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND.  PROGS BEGIN TO DIFFER
SOMEWHAT FROM THERE ON.  SOLUTIONS RANGE FROM THE UPPER LOW KICKING
INLAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO IT REMAINING OFF SHORE.  WILL PUT LEAVE
A SLGT CHC OF PCPN BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY.  FISCHER

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
A CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE FORMING CONCERNING THE TROUBLESOME UPPER LOW
HANGING OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT
WEEK. THE UPPER LOW LOOKS TO WEAKEN/SHEAR OUT TUESDAY AS SOME OF THE
ENERGY IS PULLED EAST BY A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND LOOKS QUITE WEAK...SO I DO NOT EXPECT
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...IT SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING
TOO DRAMATICALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SOME WEAK EASTERLY FLOW
BELOW 500 MB.

THURSDAY...EXPECT A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING AS WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS
WITH THE WEAK TROUGHING EXITING THE REGION AHEAD OF FAST ZONAL FLOW
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. FRIDAY...WESTERLY WINDS ARE PROGGED
INCREASE FURTHER AS THE SWIFT ZONAL FLOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH AND DRIVES A COOL FRONT INTO SOUTHERN OREGON.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN FALL A FEW DEGREES...MOSTLY OVER NORTHERN
ZONES...AS THE FRONT SQUEEZES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.
SNYDER
&&

.AVIATION...
VFR...BREEZY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LIGHT WINDS SATURDAY.

COLD FRONT EXTENDS THROUGH NORTHWEST NEVADA. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 35 KTS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. LIGHT NORTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. SNYDER
&&

.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...NONE.
.CA...HIGH WIND WARNING ZONE 73 TIL 9 PM PDT.

&&

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, X Sw Washoe/W Carson City/Nw Douglas

When
September 23, 3:30 PM PST
Where
X Sw Washoe/W Carson City/Nw Douglas forecast zone
Measured
56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.789, -119.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 56 kt (64 mph) wind gust was reported by a trained spotter 5 miles WSW of Gardnerville.

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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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: 5471585.