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 Nov 7, 2:45 PM PST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST THU NOV 7 2002
STORM IN PROGRESS WITH HEAVIEST PRECIP EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS LIKELY TO STABALIZE TONIGHT THEN FALL
LATE FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE SIERRA SHOULD RANGE FROM 1-2
FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE NRN SIERRA TO 3-5 FEET AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SRN SIERRA. WILL CONTINUE THE WARNING THRU FRIDAY
NIGHT AND THOSE MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED THRU SATURDAY. WINDS NOT AS
LIKELY TO BE AS STRONG OVER THE CWA TONIGHT AS AIRMASS IS WETTER.
WILL KEEP A WIND ADVISORY UP MOST AREA THRU TONIGHT.
N THE EXTENDED...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...12Z AVN/GFS IS GENERATING
.25 TO .50 INCH OF QPF IN THE OVERRUNNING PATTERN THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON FROM THE RENO-TAHOE ZONES NORTHWARD. THIS QPF IS DEPICTED
DESPITE 500 MB HEIGHTS THAT ARE NORMALLY TOO HIGH FOR PRECIP...BUT
AFTER THE LARGE STORM IN THE SHORTER TERM PERIOD MOVES OUT THERE
SHOULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THAT THE WARM
ADVECTION PROCESS WILL BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT. THE TROUGH ITSELF
THEN PASSES THROUGH AND KEEPS THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP FROM
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACCORDING TO THE
GFS/AVN WHICH HAS MAINTAINED SOME CONSISTENCY SINCE YESTERDAYS RUN.
NOGAPS IS STILL ABOUT 12 HOURS EARLIER WITH ONSET AND END OF THE
PRECIP. THE CURRENT FORECAST WAS MORE IN LINE WITH THE AVN AND WILL
BE KEPT INTACT WITH THIS PACKAGE.
BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SOME WEAK RIDGING MOVES INTO THE
WESTERN US WITH DRIER AIR MASS BUT HIGH CLOUDS AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER
TROUGH...SO ALL ZONES WILL MENTION OF AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPS
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS WITH
MINOR FLUCTUATIONS AS EACH TROUGH APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH THE
WESTERN US. MJD
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT CAZ071>073-NVZ002
WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT CAZ070>073 NVZ001>005
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY CAZ072-073-NVZ002CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-071400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 615 AM PST THU NOV 7 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA ABOVE 6500 FEET TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MONO COUNTY ABOVE 7000 FEET TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA TODAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY FOR BURN AREAS OF EASTERN NEVADA...ALPINE AND MONO COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA... A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA AND LASSEN COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY. MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE SIERRA AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING...WSWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS45 AND THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY...NPWREV...OR WMO ID WWUS75 AND THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING...FFAREV...OR WMO ID WGUS65. WATCH/WARNING INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/RENO WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY IN THE SIERRA AS WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY (DAY 2). SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER AND RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR TURN TO SNOW IN THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS LATE SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER BURN AREAS OF EASTERN NEVADA...ALPINE AND MONO COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA IN HEAVY RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY SUNDAY BEFORE ENDING BY SUNDAY EVENING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY).
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Mt. Rose Ski Area reported an overnight new snow total of 2 feet at the 9200 foot elevation.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5321777.