1 high wind, 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 Apr 24, 8:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
930 AM PDT THU APR 24 2003
STORM PROGRESSING INTO THE SIERRA WITH CLASSIC SHADOWING EVENT
DEPICTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. MOISTURE DEPTH LIMITED TO
BELOW 600 MB AND JET DYNAMICS NORTH OF THE TAHOE BASIN ARE MAJOR
FACTORS IN SHADOW EVENT. AS EXPECTED ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
FELL OVER NIGHT ALONG THE CREST. SNOW LEVELS IN THE TAHOE BASIN ARE
NEAR 6500...AND 6000 TO 6500 OVER THE WEST SLOPES AS INDICATED BY
GRASS VALLEY PROFILER. COLD AIR PUSHING INTO NORTHERN LASSEN AND
WASHOE COUNTIES WHERE SNOW LEVELS ARE CLOSER TO 4500 TO 5000
FEET...WITH LIGHT SNOW REPORTED ALTURAS AND UPSTREAM LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHERN OREGON. SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH THE DAY
MESO-ETA HANDLING THE CURRENT EVENT VERY WELL AND SHOWING PRECIP
WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE WEST.
SNOW ADVISORIES LOOK OK FROM TAHOE NORTHWARD. SNOW AMOUNTS FOR MONO
COUNTY LOOK A BIT HIGH AND WILL UPDATE TO DROP THE SNOW ADVISORY
BUT LEAVE MENTION OF ACCUMULATIONS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST.
.REV...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY NVZ002-CAZ071-072.
WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY CAZ071.CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-251400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 545 AM PDT THU APR 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA... NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS MORNING. ...SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR THE GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA AND LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES AS WELL AS FOR MONO COUNTY ABOVE 7000 FEET... ...WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES...THE GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA AND FOR MONO COUNTY BELOW 7000 FEET... .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. COX
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple wind gusts of between 55 and 68 mph reported by automated weather station at Galena Park, about 10 miles southwest of Reno.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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