1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jan 26, 2:45 PM PST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2002
VERY SHARP BOUNDARY BETWEEN SNOW AND NO SNOW HAS REMAINED NEAR THE
CA-NV BORDER SO FAR TODAY BUT A SLIGHT PUSH INTO EXTREME WESTERN
NEVADA HAS FINALLY BEGUN. SNOW HAS BEEN VISIBLE OUT THE WINDOW A FEW
MILES WEST OF RENO BUT NONE HAS REACHED THE CITY ITSELF UNTIL TRACE
AMOUNTS VERY RECENTLY. THE MOISTURE FEED CONTINUES TO DUMP HEAVY
SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN WITH MORE
THAN 6 INCHES AT TRUCKEE AND OVER A FOOT AT 8000 FEET SO FAR. THIS
MOISTURE BAND WILL SHIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.THE SHADOW HAS BEEN
VERY STRONG OVER MONO COUNTY AS WELL WITH THE SNOW LIMITED TO THE
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN AREA AND ONLY STARTING TO SNOW AROUND 130 PM AT
MAMMOTH RANGER STATION. BASED ON THE CURRENT AND EXPECTED
TRENDS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED FOR ZONE
71 AND CONTINUE IN TAHOE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE
HIGH ELEVATIONS OF MONO COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED POPS WILL BE
MAINTAINED WITH MESO-ETA INDICATING A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT SNOW
MOVING THROUGH OUR NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT.
A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS REMAIN AT WALKER RAWS BUT OVERALL THE WINDS
SHOULD DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. THE LAST WIND ADVISORY IN
NORTHERN WASHOE WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE
AS THE RUC 700 MB SPEED MAX WEAKENS AND MOVES TO THE EAST OF THIS
AREA.
FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ONLY CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ARE
MAINTAINED AS OUR REGION COMES UNDER THE DRY SLOT BETWEEN THE UPPER
LOW AND THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FEED. BY MONDAY...AS THE COLD CORE
OF THE LOW MOVES CLOSER AND THE AVN AND MESO-ETA BRINGING
INSTABILITY WITH LIFTED INDEX BETWEEN -1 AND +2...POPS WILL REMAIN
RAISED TO THE 50-70 PERCENT RANGE MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF MONO COUNTY WITH UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL
COULD PRODUCE A PERIOD OF SNOW OVER OUR SOUTHERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT
AND ENDING BY EARLY TUESDAY. THE 12Z RUNS OF THE AVN AND THE 72-84
EXTENSION OF THE 12Z ETA AGREED ON QPF IN THESE AREAS. OTHERWISE DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE MOVES IN
WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES AWAY TO THE EAST. IT WILL BE DRY BUT
WARMING FROM THE RIDGE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH STRONG
INVERSIONS LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AFTER A COLD NIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE
IS LIKELY THURSDAY WITH THE RIDGE STAYING IN PLACE EXCEPT SOME
CLOUDS WILL BEGIN MOVING IN AHEAD OF THE NEXT TROUGH. FORECASTS USE
THE ECMWF SOLUTION FOR FRIDAY WHICH HAS A STRONGER TROUGH OVER NW NV
AND NRN CA THAN THE MRF...MAINLY BECAUSE THE 12Z AVN HANDLES THE
TROUGH MORE LIKE THE ECMWF THAN THE MRF. THE TROUGH SHOULD MOVE OUT
FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON SATURDAY. MJD/JC
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT ZONE 2/72
SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET ZONE 73PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV
1145 AM PST SAT JAN 26 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM LOOKOUT CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 MODOC WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 4
INCHES OF NEW SNOW
OVERNIGHT.
0847 AM WALKER CA 72 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
01/26/02 MONO RECORDED BY AUTOMATED
WEATHER STATION.
0940 AM JANESVILLE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 5
INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 1
AM PST AT 4500 FOOT
ELEVATION.
1000 AM 5 N TRUCKEE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 NEVADA WEATHER SPOTTER IN
TAHOE-DONNER AREA RPEORTED
A FOOT OF NEW OVERNIGHT AT
THE 6500 FOOT ELEVATION.
1110 AM INCLINE VILLAGE NV HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 WASHOE PUBLIC REPORT OF 10 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW SINCE 8 AM.
0101 PM TAHOE CITY CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 PLACER WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 6
INCHES OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN
4 AM AND 1 PM.
0400 PM WESTWOOD CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW
BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM.
0400 PM EAGLE LAKE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 8
INCHES OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN
6 AM AND 3 PM.
0500 PM MEYERS CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 EL DORADO WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2
INCHES PER HOUR SNOWFALL
RATE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO, NV
1147 AM PST SAT JAN 26 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM LOOKOUT CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 MODOC WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 4
INCHES OF NEW SNOW
OVERNIGHT.
0847 AM WALKER CA 72 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
01/26/02 MONO RECORDED BY AUTOMATED
WEATHER STATION.
0940 AM JANESVILLE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 5
INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 1
AM PST AT 4500 FOOT
ELEVATION.
1000 AM 5 N TRUCKEE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 NEVADA WEATHER SPOTTER IN
TAHOE-DONNER AREA REPORTED
A FOOT OF NEW SNOW
OVERNIGHT AT THE 6500 FOOT
ELEVATION.
1110 AM INCLINE VILLAGE NV HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 WASHOE PUBLIC REPORT OF 10 INCHES
OF NEW SNOW SINCE 8 AM.
0101 PM TAHOE CITY CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 PLACER WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 6
INCHES OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN
4 AM AND 1 PM.
0400 PM EAGLE LAKE CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 8
INCHES OF NEW SNOW BETWEEN
6 AM AND 3 PM.
0400 PM WESTWOOD CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 LASSEN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW
BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM.
0500 PM MEYERS CA HEAVY SNOWFALL
01/26/02 EL DORADO WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2
INCHES PER HOUR SNOWFALL
RATE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM.
RLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter in Coleville reported a wind gust of 70 mph with some minor property damage estimated at $500.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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