Alert archive / Nevada / Heavy Snow Warnings in 2007
Heavy Snow Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 6, 2007, 4:05 AM PST for 6 counties in Nevada; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Dec 6, 2007, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 22 hr. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2007, 4:05 AM PST (12:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2007, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2007, 11:00 AM PST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Modoc County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Douglas County, NV, Lyon County, NV, Pershing County, NV, Storey County, NV, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 4 Ssw Reno, NV | 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. 2 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM. |
| Dec 7, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | Minden, NV | 0.55 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 7AM. |
| Dec 7, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 10 S Reno, NV | 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTH OF RENO. 1.19 INCHES OF PRECIP. |
| Dec 7, 7:26 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 5 Sw Reno, NV | OVERNIGHT TOTAL IN THE SOUTHWEST RENO FOOTHILLS. |
| Dec 7, 8:12 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Reno, NV | MEASURED ON THE RENO VALLEY FLOOR. |
| Dec 7, 8:12 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 5 N Reno, NV | OVERNIGHT TOTAL FROM THE GOLDEN VALLEY AREA. |
| Dec 7, 8:12 AM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 Nw Reno, NV | OVERNIGHT TOTAL MEASURED IN THE NORTHWEST RENO FOOTHILLS. |
| Dec 7, 8:15 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Spanish Springs, NV | 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND 2 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AS OF 8AM. |
| Dec 7, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Mount Rose Ski Area, NV | 16-20 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AS OF 830AM. |
| Dec 7, 8:57 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ne Fort Bidwell, CA | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Incline Village, NV | 12 INCHES AT 6700 FEET AND 24 INCHES AT 8500 FEET BEING REPORTED AT DIAMOND PEAK SKI RESORT. |
| Dec 7, 9:15 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Stead, NV | 0.83 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WITH 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AS OF 9AM. |
| Dec 7, 10:57 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Virginia City, NV | 8 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AS OF 1030AM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KREV 061205 WSWREV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA...NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CALIFORNIA FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE SIERRA THURSDAY NIGHT...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SNOW OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. CAZ070-NVZ005-062030- /O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0011.071207T0000Z-071207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HS.W.0002.071206T2100Z-071207T1500Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN...WITH SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SURPRISE VALLEY AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CEDARVILLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST GO OUT...ENSURE THAT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IS IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NVZ003-004-062030- /O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0011.071207T0000Z-071207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.HS.W.0002.071207T0300Z-071207T2000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA ON THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT 5000 TO 5500 FEET AND GRADUALLY LOWER THEN WILL LOWER TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING CREATING A HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING FALLON AND LOVELOCK...ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AROUND 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST GO OUT...ENSURE THAT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IS IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-062030- /O.EXT.KREV.WS.W.0005.071206T1800Z-071207T1800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ073-062030- /O.EXT.KREV.WS.W.0005.071207T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH SOME AREAS EXCEEDING 2 FEET IN THE HIGH SIERRA. LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ071-062030- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.071206T1800Z-071207T1800Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD... SIERRAVILLE 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AT 5000 FEET THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 15 INCHES WILL OCCUR WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 NEAR AND ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF SUSANVILLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ001-062030- /O.NEW.KREV.WS.A.0012.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 405 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN NEAR 6500 FEET THIS EVENING THEN LOWER TO 5000 FEET BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 5000 FEET AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KREV 061600 WSWREV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA...NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CALIFORNIA FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE SIERRA THURSDAY NIGHT...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SNOW OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. CAZ070-NVZ005-070000- /O.CON.KREV.HS.W.0002.071206T2100Z-071207T1500Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY. RAIN...WITH SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SURPRISE VALLEY AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CEDARVILLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST GO OUT...ENSURE THAT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IS IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NVZ003-004-070000- /O.CON.KREV.HS.W.0002.071207T0300Z-071207T2000Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST FRIDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START AT 5000 TO 5500 FEET AND GRADUALLY LOWER TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING CREATING A HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING FALLON AND LOVELOCK...ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AROUND 1 INCH. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-070000- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.071206T1800Z-071207T1800Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAY 50 AND STATE ROUTES IN AND AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN. IF POSSIBLE DELAY TRAVEL OR FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ071-070000- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.071206T1800Z-071207T1800Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD... SIERRAVILLE 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AT 5000 FEET THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL OCCUR WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 AND ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF SUSANVILLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ CAZ073-070000- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.071207T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH SOME AREAS EXCEEDING 2 FEET IN THE HIGH SIERRA. LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS...IF POSSIBLE DELAY TRAVEL OR FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NVZ001-070000- /O.CON.KREV.WS.A.0012.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 800 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN NEAR 6500 FEET THIS EVENING THEN LOWER TO 5000 FEET BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 5000 FEET AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS45 KREV 062318 WSWREV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR THE SIERRA...NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND MOST OF WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL MOVE ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE SIERRA TONIGHT...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. CAZ070-NVZ005-071315- /O.EXT.KREV.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY. RAIN...WITH SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SURPRISE VALLEY AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 5000 FEET. THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF CEDARVILLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...BUT IF YOU MUST GO OUT... ENSURE THAT A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IS IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. $$ NVZ003-004-071315- /O.EXT.KREV.HS.W.0002.071207T0700Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PST FRIDAY... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PST FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND 6500 FEET BEFORE GRADUALLY LOWERING TO MOST VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE COULD BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH VALLEYS...AS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FEET. AT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING RENO...SPARKS...FALLON AND LOVELOCK...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UP TO 2 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL FRIDAY MORNING...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-071315- /O.EXT.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AT RIDGE LEVEL WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...SO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAY 50 AND STATE ROUTES IN AND AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN. IF POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL OR FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ CAZ071-071315- /O.EXT.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD... SIERRAVILLE 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST FRIDAY. SNOW AND RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS NEAR 5500 FEET WILL DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 AND ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF SUSANVILLE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...SO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED. $$ CAZ073-071315- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.071207T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS EXCEEDING 2 FEET IN THE HIGH SIERRA. ELEVATIONS FROM 6000 TO 7000 FEET SHOULD EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OVER THE RIDGES WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT...SO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 WILL BE HAZARDOUS. IF POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL OR FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED. $$ NVZ001-071315- /O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0012.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0020.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 318 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN NEAR 6500 FEET THIS EVENING THEN LOWER TO 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 5000 FEET AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS45 KREV 071230 WSWREV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 CAZ070-NVZ005-071330- /O.CAN.KREV.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. BANDS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 4000 FEET...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF GERLACH EARLY THIS MORNING. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HEAVY SNOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$ NVZ003-004-071900- /O.CON.KREV.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SHOWERS THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOORS OF FAR WESTERN NEVADA. FOR THE BASIN AND RANGE EAST OF RENO...AREAS BELOW 4500 FEET ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MUCH MEASURABLE SNOW...ALTHOUGH HEAVIER SHOWERS COULD LEAVE A LIGHT SLUSHY ACCUMULATION ON GRASSY SURFACES. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AREAWIDE...SNOWFALL WHICH ACCUMULATES ON ROADWAYS IN HEAVIER PERIODS OF SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLUSHY AND WET AS SNOW DECREASES IN INTENSITY. SLUSHY ROADWAYS COULD BE SLICK...SO IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-071900- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO SHOWERS. BY THIS AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT LAKE LEVEL WITH 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET. HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAY 50 AND STATE ROUTES IN AND AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN. IF POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL OR FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE. $$ CAZ073-072030- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER THE RIDGES THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 WILL BE HAZARDOUS. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED. $$ CAZ071-071900- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD... SIERRAVILLE 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF SUSANVILLE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. BY LATE MORNING...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET...MAINLY SOUTH OF SUSANVILLE. BELOW 5000 FEET...LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED. $$ NVZ001-072030- /O.CON.KREV.SN.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 430 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES TODAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DOWN TO 4500 FEET. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS IN PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW...WITH SNOW FIRST ACCUMULATING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHERE SNOW COVERS ROADWAYS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
000 WWUS45 KREV 071858 WSWREV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 NVZ003-004-072000- /O.EXP.KREV.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE... FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER. HOWEVER A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM CARSON CITY TO FALLON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH BELOW 5000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE BAND. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL EFFECT THE RENO AREA THE REST OF TODAY WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO 5000 FEET. TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. ROADS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WILL LIKELY REFREEZE AFTER 5 PM AS TEMPERATURES COOL. $$ CAZ072-NVZ002-072000- /O.EXP.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY... TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER A BAND OF SNOW ALONG INTERSTATE 80 FROM DONNER SUMMIT TO THE NEVADA STATE LINE WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. FROM THIS BAND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. $$ CAZ071-072000- /O.EXP.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071207T1900Z/ LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD... SIERRAVILLE 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SNOW SHOWERS. TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. $$ CAZ073-080000- /O.CON.KREV.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MONO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY MAINLY ALONG THE SIERRA CREST. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 395. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER THE RIDGES WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. RIDGE WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 395 WILL BE HAZARDOUS. REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN CASE YOUR VEHICLE BECOMES STRANDED. $$ NVZ001-080000- /O.CON.KREV.SN.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY... MINA...SCHURZ 1058 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET. A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY AND REACH NORTHERN MINERAL COUNTY BEFORE DISSIPATING THIS AFTERNOON. WITHIN THIS BAND...SNOW LEVELS MAY TEMPORARILY DROP TO 4500 FEET WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAYS 359 AND 338. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHERE SNOW COVERS ROADWAYS. $$ BRONG HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, 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 this heavy snow warning went out at Dec 6, 4:00 AM PST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:00 AM PST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
400 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007
.SHORT TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
UPGRADED WINTER STORM WATCHES TO HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS AND PUT UP A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONE 1 (WE NOW HAVE STATEMENTS OUT FOR EVERY
ZONE IN THE CWA).
VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TO BRING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO
THE REGION IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 42N AND 135W...OR ABOUT 550 MILES
WEST OF ARCATA CALIFORNIA. UNDERNEATH THE SHORT WAVE...A PRECIPITABLE
WATER PLUME OF 1.2 TO 1.8 INCHES EXTENDS FROM JUST OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST SOUTHWEST TO HAWAII...ALONG WITH A RIPPING 160 KT
JET CORE. THE SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY AND POINT
THE DEEP MOISTURE PLUME AT THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL SIERRA AND WESTERN
NEVADA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PLUME WILL SLAM INTO THE SIERRA AND
KEEP GOING RIGHT INTO WESTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEAK
INSTABILITY AND DEEP MOISTURE TO PREVENT MUCH SHADOWING.
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...THINGS REALLY WIND UP WITH THE STORM
SYSTEM AS IT IS VERY WELL PROGGED TO MOVE TO BETWEEN LAKE TAHOE AND
SAN FRANCISCO BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PATTERN RECOGNITION INDICATES
THAT THIS AN EXCELLENT POSITION FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GREAT BASIN. OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE RENO AREA IS THE
POSITION OF A DRY SLOT/JET CORE WORKING AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN
PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW. THE DRY SLOT IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO NEAR
OR A BIT SOUTH OF RENO DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW. IF
THE SLOT SETS UP SOUTH OF RENO...THERE WILL BE A HEAVY BURST OF SNOW
APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 9 PM THURSDAY AND 4 AM FRIDAY WITH THE
STRONGEST UPPER MOTION IN THE LEFT FRONT QUAD OF THE POWERFUL JET
STREAK. WITH WRAP AROUND SNOW VERY LIKELY ANYWAY...THE POSSIBLE
BURST OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WOULD REALLY RAMP UP SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN
THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING. MODELS/SREF ENSEMBLE QPF SEEMS
TO INDICATE THAT A HEAVIER BAND WILL DEVELOP BEFORE 12Z FRIDAY
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. WITH THIS IN MIND...I
UPGRADED TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR ZONES 3/4 (RENO/LOVELOCK/FALLON)
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE COULD BE HAIRY
INDEED (ESPECIALLY WHEREVER THE EXPECTED HEAVY BURST OF SNOW
DEVELOPS) FOR RENO. FURTHER SOUTH...I ADDED A WINTER STORM WATCH TO
ZONE 1 AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE HEAVIER SNOWBAND TO THE NORTH
TO MOVE SOUTH INTO MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES FRIDAY MORNING.
SNYDER
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FOR SATURDAY...MODELS ARE SHOWING AN INSIDE SLIDER TO BRING COLDER
AIR INTO THE REGION. THE GFS AND EURO CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY FAR WEST
WITH THE 500 MB COLD POOL MOVING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS SOUTH OF RENO
IN NORTHEAST FLOW. HOWEVER...WITH WEAK WIND SHEAR...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME LAKE EFFECT. DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG EVENT
AS IT WOULD OCCUR DURING THE DIURNAL MINIMUM FOR LES BUT A COUPLE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE SOUTH SHORES OF TAHOE...PYRAMID AND
WALKER LAKES.
FEW CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO DESERT SW
WITH POSITIVE TILT RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDING INTO THE REGION. FLOW WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN NORTH AND DRY. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH CLOUD COVER
EXCEPT FOR SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTH. WITH THIS FLOW
PATTERN...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. A SLOW WARMING
TREND IS DEPICTED CLOSER TO NORMAL. IF THERE IS ENOUGH CLOUD COVER
FROM TONIGHTS STORM...TEMPS COULD BE COLDER BECAUSE INVERSIONS WILL
TAKE HOLD OVER WRN NV. SIERRA TEMPS WILL SEE THE WARM-UP...BUT IT
WILL BE GRADUAL. A FEW SHORT WAVES WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH BUT DO
NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. WALLMANN &&
.AVIATION...
VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE APPROACHING WINTER STORM. PRECIP WILL BE
ALL SNOW FOR KTVL-KTRK AND VIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO DROP. MVFR
CIGS WITH LCL IFR THROUGH 02Z THEN IFR THROUGH 12Z FOR THOSE
TERMINALS. PROB OF CIGS BLO 1SM IS 80 PCT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW TO FALL ON RUNWAYS.
FOR KRNO...PRECIP WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AS EARLY AS 20Z AND BE FAIRLY
LIGHT WITH MAINLY MVFR CIGS. EXPECT CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TO OCCUR
BETWEEN 03 AND 06Z WITH 80 PCT CONFIDENCE THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR
DURING THIS TIME. AFTERWARD...IFR CIGS/VIS THROUGH 15Z WITH
OCCASIONAL BREAKS. EXPECT 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW ON RUNWAYS WITH BEST
CHANCE OF ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 09 AND 15Z.
FOR KLOL...LOWER ELEVATIONS HERE WILL KEEP PRECIP ALMOST ALL RAIN.
CIGS WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR 2KFT IN THE RAIN WITH PEAK PERIOD
BETWEEN 00 AND 09Z.
EXPECT GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALL
TERMINALS. WALLMANN
&&
.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR NVZ002.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR NVZ005.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NVZ001.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR NVZ003-004.
CA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR CAZ071-072.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR CAZ070.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR CAZ073.
&&
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Reno, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 4:05 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | REV | Lyon, Mineral | 11 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:18 PM PST | Snow Advisory | REV | Lyon, Mineral | 25 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.