5 inches in 24 hours reported by Alpine Meadows Ski Area.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
15 inches of snow in 12 hours and 22.5 inches in 24 hours reported by Alpine Meadows Ski Area.
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 Feb 10, 8:45 PM PST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 PM PST SAT FEB 10 2001
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEVADA WITH A FEW
DISSIPATING WEST OF THE CREST. OVERRUNNING PRECIP OVER EASTERN
CALIFORNIA NOT VERY WIDESPREAD BUT UPPER LOW WITH DECENT DYNAMICS TO
MOVE IN SUNDAY MORNING. BEST VERTICAL MOTION DOES NOT APPEAR TO MOVE
IN TIL 12Z TO THE WEST SLOPES BUT OVERRUNNING AND OROGRAPHICS SHOULD
KEEP STEADY PRECIP GOING OVER SIERRA. MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF
PUSHING DYNAMICS SOUTHEAST INTO MONO COUNTY LATER SUNDAY THOUGH NGM
NOT AS FAR SOUTH AS ETA. A BIT CONCERNED THAT AVN/ETA QPF ARE
MARGINAL FOR WARNING. BUT WITH COLD POOL ALOFT MODELS HAVE 0 TO -2
LIFTED INDICES MOVING IN SHOULD SEE CONVECTION AGAIN SUNDAY FOR HIGHER
AMOUNTS. WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST CENTRAL
IN AREA OF LOWER STABILITY AND LITTLE BETTER 700/300 DIVERGENCE
COUPLET. SYSTEiM VERY SLOW TO MOVE OUT WITH UPPER LOW OVER TAHOE MONDAY
SO SNOW LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DP
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...NVZ002
CAZ071-072.
WINTER STORM WARNING SUNDAY...CAZ073.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2001
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: 5233203.