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, 2:45 PM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2001
PERSISTENT BAND OF MOISTURE NOW MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW IS EDGING
TO THE EAST WITH THE BACK EDGE NEAR THE SIERRA CREST BUT SOME
CONVECTIVE BURSTS ARE ATTACHING TO THE BACK EDGE OF THIS AREA IN
WESTERN SIERRA...NEVADA...AND PLACER COUNTIES. SHOWER AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALSO CONTINUES IN WESTERN CA. SNOW BEGAN AT
RENO AIRPORT AROUND 1230 PM. IMPRESSIVE RAIN AND SNOW TOTALS HAVE
OCCURRED WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH MUCH OF THE RENO AREA NEAR OR ABOVE
ONE INCH LIQUID AND ENOUGH SNOW IN THE SIERRA TO CLOSE INTERSTATE 80
AT THE CA-NV BORDER WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. OBSERVED SNOW
AMOUNTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE FAR NORTHERN ZONES BUT
SUB-FREEZING TEMPS AND HIGH RH VALUES LIKELY INDICATE THAT SOME SNOW
HAS FALLEN THERE. CURRENT WINTER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE WITH THE RENO ZONE ON THE BORDERLINE OF ADVISORY CRITERIA.
WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED IN THE NORTHERN ZONES AND SHOULD DROP BELOW
WARNING CRITERIA IN THE RENO-TAHOE REGION BY ZONE ISSUANCE TIME.
RIDGETOP REPORTS STILL INDICATED GUSTS OVER 100 MPH BUT CONSTANT
RAIN AND SNOW HAS KEPT SURFACE WIND SPEEDS LOWER IN THESE AREAS.
FARTHER SOUTH...WINDS CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WITH WALKER RAWS PEAK
GUST OF 62 MPH EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WARNING WILL REMAIN
IN THE MINERAL AND MONO ZONES THROUGH 6 PM.
WITH THE CONVECTION FOLLOWING THE MAIN SNOW BAND...PRECIP WILL BE
SLOW TO COMPLETELY FADE OUT TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS HELD IN ALL ZONES
OVERNIGHT THEN LIMITED TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES ON MONDAY.
LESS DETAIL WAS PAID ATTENTION TO TIME BEYOND THE FIRST PERIOD AND
THE TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY FORECAST WAS FOLLOWING THE AVN AND ETA PATTERN
OF A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. POPS WERE LOWERED TO
CHANCE LEVELS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT RANGING FROM 20 PERCENT
SOUTH TO 50 PERCENT NORTH. FOR WEDNESDAY...THE POPS WERE REMOVED
FROM THE SOUTHERN AREAS AND RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 PERCENT ELSEWHERE...
ALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MEDIUM RANGE
GUIDANCE SIMILAR EARLY ON BUT THEN DIVERGE. TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS EAST
OF CWA THURSDAY BUT AVN STILL SHOWING SMALL FEATURES IN NORTHWEST
FLOW. ANY RESIDUAL MOISTURE WOULD TRIGGER SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE SHORT WAVE COMING INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC
FRIDAY. BOTH MRF AND ECMWF HAVE SOME SHORT WAVE COMING INTO THE
EASTERN PACIFIC THOUGH THE MRF FURTHER SOUTH AND FASTER. FOR NOW
WILL JUST KEEP ANY THREAT TO THE NORTH FOR SUNDAY WITH SOME CLOUDS
ELSEWHERE. MJD/DP
.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 TONIGHT CAZ072-NVZ002 AND
CAZ073 ABOVE 6000 FEET.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM NVZ001-CAZ073.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV
340 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM KIRKWOOD CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 ALPINE 24 INCHES NEW SNOW PAST 24
HRSREPORTED BY OTHER
0600 AM SKI AREA SQUAW VALLEY CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 PLACER 10 INCHES NEW SNOW AT 8200
FEET AND 4-6 INCHES NEW
SNOW AT 6200 FEET DURING
PAST 24 HOURS.
0600 AM SIERRA AT TAHOE SKI RESORTCA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 EL DORADO 12 TO 16 INCHES NEW SNOW
PAST 24 HOURS
0730 AM MOUNT ROSE SKI AREA NV HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 WASHOE 10-15 INCHES SNOW (4
INCHES) SATURDAY, 6-8
INCHES SAT NIGHT.
0700 AM ALPINE MEADOW SKI RESORT CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 NEVADA 10 INCHES NEW SNOW AT 7000
FT. 14 INCHES NEW SNOW AT
8637 FEET DURING PAST 24
HOURS.
0800 AM MAMMOTH LAKES RANGER STA CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 MONO 10 INCHES NEW SNOW PAST 24
HOURS
0900 AM 7623 FEET INCLINE VILLAGE NV HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 WASHOE 12 INCHES SNOW, STILL
SNOWING HARD, NO WIND.
0910 AM 6500 FEET TAHOE-DONNER AREACA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 NEVADA 12 INCHES SNOW OVERNIGHT.
0930 AM NORTHSTAR AT TAHOE TRUCKEECA HEAVY SNOWFALL
12/02/01 NEVADA 10 INCHES SNOW AT 7300
FEET. 20 INCHES SNOW AT
8600 FEET.
1047 AM WALKER CA 58 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
12/02/01 MONOThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter report of 6.5 inches of snow in 12 hours at 4800 feet in Minden.
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