1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Dec 2, 2:55 AM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
255 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2001
ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY SHAPING UP IN EASTERN CA AND WESTERN NV.
COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER TROUGH OFF THE NORTHERN CA COAST AND
MOVING EAST RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO 120 KNOT JETSTREAM WHICH MOVES
DIRECTLY OVER THE LAKE TAHOE AND RENO AREA BY LATE MORNING AND SAGS
SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT. HIGH WIND WATCHES FOR THE CWA WILL BE
CONVERTED TO WARNINGS FOR TODAY GIVEN THE ABOVE SYNOPSIS AND MODEL
DATA SHOWING 700 MB WINDS OF 50-60 KNOTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
WILL ADD NVZ004 TO THE WARNING AS WELL SO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE CWA
IS COVERED. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING IN THE LAKE TAHOE AREA MOST
OF THE NIGHT AND LIGHT RAIN HAS SPILLED OVER INTO THE WESTERN
VALLEYS. SNOW ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR ALL OF THE CA
ZONES IN THE CWA AND WILL ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR WASHOE COUNTY
NORTH OF GERLACH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN NV THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS REACHING VALLEY
FLOORS BY 0300 UTC. WILL LEAVE THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
IN THE FORECAST AS IS ALTHOUGH WILL ADDRESS EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS
IN HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF FALLON AND LOVELOCK WITH AMOUNTS JUST
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SNOW WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT IN NV BUT
CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM TAHOE SOUTH TO MONO COUNTY. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 3 FEET AT HIGH ELEVATIONS THERE.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY WITH A BREAK MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS OREGON AND BRINGS MORE SNOW MAINLY
NORTH OF TAHOE AND FALLON.
EXTENDED PERIOD WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
MRF AND ECMWF ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT TODAY. OVERALL TREND IS
TO WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER AS THE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US MOVES
OUT AND IS REPLACED BY A FLAT RIDGE. MRF SHOWS SOME OVERRUNNING
PRECIPITATION INTO THURSDAY DURING THE TRANSITION. RC/JC
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING CAZ071 ABOVE 5000
FEET.
SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING NVZ005-CAZ070 AND
CAZ071 BELOW 5000 FEET.
WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT CAZ072-NVZ002 AND
CAZ073 ABOVE 6000 FEET.
HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY NVZ001>005-CAZ070>073.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter report of 8-9 inches of snow in 12 hours at 4500 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 2001
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