High Wind in Nevada, October 24, 2010

Name: High Wind in Nevada, October 24, 2010
Start: 2010-10-24T10:00
End: 2010-10-24T16:00
Location: Nevada

October 24, 2010 · NWS REV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A deep moisture tap to the south of strong Pacific Northwest low pressure brought heavy rain and strong, gusty winds to western Nevada on the 24th and 25th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.

A deep moisture tap to the south of strong Pacific Northwest low pressure brought heavy rain and strong, gusty winds to western Nevada on the 24th and 25th.

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 Oct 23, 1:24 PM PST, 20 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 1:24 PM PST, 20 hours 36 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area

When: October 24, 10:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where: Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area forecast zone
Measured: 69 kt (79 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Typically windier areas (Washoe Valley, Galena, Five Mile Flat, 5WSW Gardnerville) had high wind gusts since 0600PST on the 24th but more widespread coverage in populated areas did not occur until 1000PST. Here is a list of the highest wind gusts: Galena Creek Bridge 102 mph at 1010PST, Washoe Valley 79 mph at 0610PST with a report of an overturned tractor trailer, Five Mile Flat with 60 mph at 0526PST, and 4SSW of Reno with 61 mph at 1022PST. In addition to valley/foothills high winds, Virginia Peak and Slide Mountain gusted to between 110 to 130 mph.

High Wind, Mineral/Southern Lyon

When: October 24, 12:00 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where: Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Here is a list of noted high wind gusts: Sweetwater NDOT with 78 mph at 1111PST, Walker Lake NDOT with 72 mph at 1505PST, and Schurz NDOT with 58 mph at 1414PST.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, October 2010

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: 266342, 266343.