5 inches of lake effect snow fell in 12 hours at Sutcliffe (elevation 3900 feet).
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
Pyramid Lake Fisheries reported that 7.5 inches of lake effect snow fell in 12 hours at Sutcliffe (elevation 3900 feet).
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 28, 9:00 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 900 PM PST MON JAN 28 2002 AN UPPER LOW APPEARS IN THE SATELLITE A LITTLE NORTHWEST OF LAKE TAHOE THIS EVENING. THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE JETSTREAM DIVING SOUTH NEAR THE COAST. THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED NEAR AND NORTH OF THE LOW WHILE CONTINUING IN FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MONO COUNTY. AT LEAST ONE LAST VORTICITY MAXIMUM APPEARS IN SATELLITE DATA MOVING EAST FROM FROM THE CENTRAL CA COAST AND WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO MONO COUNTY OVERNIGHT. FLOW OVER WESTERN NEVADA TURNS NORTHEAST AND UPSLOPE LATER TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SINGLE DIGIT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH WITH PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE SYSTEM IS FAR ENOUGH SOUTH OF WESTERN NEVADA FOR SOME PATCHY SUN THROUGH LINGERING LOW CLOUDS. NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS... THOUGH DECREASING...TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL RH/CLOUDS AT TIMES. OSTERMAN. .REV...SNOW ADVISORY THRU 3 AM CAZ073
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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