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, 8:50 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
850 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2001
SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN MOMENTARILY OVER LAKE TAHOE WITH RAIN
REPORTED AT TVL AND TRK AND TEMPS AT 34 AND 36 RESPECTIVELY. SLIDE
MOUNTAIN TEMP AT 25 WOULD PUT THE SNOW LEVEL BETWEEN 6500 AND 7000
FEET. BASED ON THE 12Z MESO-ETA 700 MB TEMP THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE
BACK TO SNOW AT LAKE LEVEL WITHIN 1-2 HOURS. FARTHER NORTH...RAWS
STATION REPORTS WOULD ESTIMATE THE SNOW LEVEL CURRENTLY BETWEEN 5500
AND 6000 FEET. A SHORT TERM FORECAST WAS JUST ISSUED FOR THE TAHOE
ZONE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS TEMPORARY CHANGE TO RAIN. MORNING WORDING
IN SOME ZONES WILL BE CLEANED UP DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WINDS HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY THE WIDESPREAD RAIN WHICH HAS EXCEEDED
.50 INCH IN RENO AND SEVERAL OPERATING RAIN GAUGES AT RAWS STATIONS.
WIND GUSTS TO 125 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT WARD MOUNTAIN SENSOR
WHILE THE STRONGEST SURFACE WIND WAS 51 MPH AT WALKER RAWS IN MONO
COUNTY. ALL WARNINGS WILL BE KEPT UP AS ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE
WINDS TO MIX DOWN WILL PRODUCE WARNING CRITERIA SPEEDS.
.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.
An off duty NWS employee reported 5.3 inches of snow in 19 hours at 4900 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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