The Desert Southwest saw its first strong low pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska this season, which brought very strong winds to much of the region, along with snow in the mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
The Desert Southwest saw its first strong low pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska this season, which brought very strong winds to much of the region, along with snow in the mountains.
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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 11, 12:22 PM PST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1134 AM PDT MON OCT 11 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 12 SSE HAIWEE 35.97N 117.92W
10/11/2021 INYO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED BY WINDS ON US
395 NEAR CINDER RD.
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BEPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1154 AM PDT MON OCT 11 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1133 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SSE OLANCHA 36.26N 118.00W
10/11/2021 INYO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED BY WINDS ON US
395 NEAR WALKER CREEK RD.
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BEPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
107 PM PDT MON OCT 11 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 7 SSE HAIWEE 36.05N 117.94W
10/11/2021 INYO CA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED BY WINDS ON GILL
STATION COSO RD NEAR US 395.
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BEPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The peak gust was measured 2 mi N of Amargosa Valley. In Pahrump, arcing power lines led to power outages.
Eleven inches of snow fell 5 mi NW of Mount Charleston.
The peak gust was measured at Nellis AFB. Over 11,000 customers lost power.
This gust occurred 13 mi SW of Moapa.
These gusts occurred 1 mi ESE of Red Rock Canyon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2021Every state in 2021This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, October 2021
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: 989160, 989164, 989161, 989162, 989163.