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 Feb 15, 2:45 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2003
SHOWERS MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE HIGH SIERRA HAVE STARTED PICKING
UP AHEAD OF IT. THE STRONGEST PREFRONTAL WINDS OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT
WHICH WIND FORECAST A BIT DIFFICULT DECIDING WHETHER THE AIRMASS
WILL DECOUPLE OR NOT. MODELS BRING 50 KT WINDS TO SIERRA/WRN NV FROM
06-09Z. FOR NOW WILL KEEP BELOW ADVISORY EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT
CLOUDS/PCPN TO KEEP THINGS DOWN. MODELS SIMILAR IN TIMING OF SYSTEM
INTO SIERRA JUST BEFORE 12Z AND QUICKLY MOVING IT ACROSS CWA BY 20Z.
QPF AROUND 1-1.5 INCHES ALONG SIERRA CREST. SNOW LEVELS TO DROP
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN NEAR LOWEST VALLEY FLOORS JUST
AFTER 12Z. SECONDARY FEATURE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY STAYS QUITE A
WAYS NORTH WITH LITTLE OR NO UVV OVER CWA. BUT WITH FLOW FAIRLY FLAT
ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF CWA AND FAIRLY MOIST BELOW 700 MB WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCES. SHORTWAVE MONDAY NIGHT JUST SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN
PREVIOUS RUN BUT STILL SHEARING SOME ENERGY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
SIERRA FOR A CHANCE OF SNOW MOST AREAS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. DP
IN THE EXTENDED...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE
SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW LARGE VARIATION IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE
SCALES OF WEATHER FEATURES. THE EXTREMES RANGE FROM THE CANADIAN TO
THE EUROPEAN RUNS. THE CANADIAN TAKES ENERGY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
AND MOVES EACH SYSTEM MOSTLY NORTH OF AREA IN STRONGER NORTHERN
STREAM. MEANWHILE THE ECMWF/UKMET HAVE A MUCH STRONGER SOUTHERN
STREAM SOLUTION AND TAKES CLOSED LOW DOWN EAST PACIFIC COAST AND
MOVE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE GFS/NOGAPS WERE
CLOSER TO THE MEAN BRINGING A SYSTEM ACROSS WEDNESDAY AND A WEAKER
SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTH FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL TREND TODAY TOWARD
THIS MEAN AS THE GFS HAS BEEN PERSISTENT THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS
WITH TRACK ALTHOUGH TIMING DIFFERENCES WERE STILL QUITE NOTICEABLE.
THE GFS SHOWS A MORE AMPLIFIED AND SLIGHTLY FASTER TIMING WITH
WEDNESDAYS SHORTWAVE. BEST WINDOW OF RAIN/SNOW WILL BE 12Z WEDNESDAY
TO 06Z THURSDAY IN THE SIERRA AND NORTH AND THEN GENERALLY FAR NORTH
FRIDAY. MOST SOLUTIONS ARE POINTING TO DRYING SATURDAY. AGAIN
CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH FOR ONLY MINOR FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURES
DURING PERIOD. HOHMANN
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ71>73 AND NVZ02...TONIGHT THROUGH
NOON SUNDAYCAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-161500 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 615 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD DOWN THE SIERRA AND ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA...REFER TO WWUS46 KREV RNOWSWREV FOR DETAILS...SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV ON THE WEB .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA. REFER TO WWUS46 KREV RNOWSWREV FOR DETAILS...SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV ON THE WEB. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF RAIN OR SNOW PERSIST MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA... FOLLOWED BY A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY FOR THE SAME AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. LEO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Public report of 12 inches of new snow overnight in Incline Village, NV.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, February 2003
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: 5345970.