Spotters in Carson City, Virginia City, and Southwest Reno in NV reported 4-9 inches of snow in 12 hours.
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Spotters in Carson City, Virginia City, and Southwest Reno in NV reported 4-9 inches of snow in 12 hours.
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 Apr 20, 1:55 PM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
255 PM PDT FRI APR 20 2001
PROGS HAVE THE UPPER LOW NOW OFF THE NORTHERN CA COAST MOVING SSE
TONIGHT...CROSSING THE SIERRA A LITTLE SOUTH OF MONO COUNTY AROUND
SUNRISE SATURDAY AND ENDING UP NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF NV SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE 18Z ETA DEVELOPS MORE QPF ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
SIERRA AS THE FLOW COMES AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST THAN THE 12Z RUN DID.
THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE AVN AND IS SIMILAR TO OUR LOCAL MM5 RUN.
WILL KEEP THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT WITH SOME ADJUSTMENT TO
THEIR ENDING TIMES EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW WILL CUT OFF TOO SOON
IN ZONE 71 FOR THE WARNING TO VERIFY. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD REACH THE
LOWER VALLEY FLOORS IN MOST OF NW NV TONIGHT BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
PROBABLY BE LIMITED TO UNPAVED SURFACES.
PROGS SHOW A WEAK FEATURE DROPPING SOUTH OVER NW NV DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY THAT TRIGGERS SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. AFTER THAT A RIDGE STARTS
TO BUILD THAT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE MRF BRINGS A NEW TROUGH TOWARDS CA FASTER
THAN OTHER MODELS AFTER WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED FORECFAST WILL CALL FOR A
LITTLE COOLING BUT NOT BRING ANY PRECIPITATION. COREY
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT ZONE 2/72.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10AM SATURDAY ZONE 73The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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