Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 17 to 18, 2006

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 17 to 18, 2006
Start: 2006-01-17T18:00
End: 2006-01-18T20:00
Location: Nevada

January 17 to 18, 2006 · NWS REV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A winter storm brought strong winds and heavy snow to the Sierra and western Nevada. Storm total snowfall amounts:Diamond Peak Ski Resort 34 inchesMt.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.

A winter storm brought strong winds and heavy snow to the Sierra and western Nevada. Up to 3 feet of snow fell in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Carson Range.Storm total snowfall amounts:Diamond Peak Ski Resort 34 inchesMt. Rose Ski Resort (8200 ft) 23 inches1 NE Incline Village 16 inches

What forecasters said that day

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 17, 2:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 6:00 AM PST, 12 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
0600 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2006

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-181500-
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
0600 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...THE
EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA FROM 4 PM TODAY UNTIL 4 PM
WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS45 KREV
WSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA UNTIL 4 PM
WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS45 KREV
WSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN NEVADA BASIN
FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
/WWUS45 KREV WSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND TIME OF SNOWFALL
OCCURRENCE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SMM

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Greater Lake Tahoe Area

When: January 17, 6:00 PM PST to January 18, 8:00 PM PST
Where: Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.789, -119.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, January 2006

Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5487695.