A winter storm brought over two feet of snow to the higher elevations of the central Sierra, with rain and small hail occurring in western Nevada.
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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.
The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
A winter storm brought over two feet of snow to the higher elevations of the central Sierra, with rain and small hail occurring in western Nevada.
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 21, 1:15 PM PST, 8 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Alpine Meadows Ski Resort reported a total of 28 inches of snowfall at an elevation of 8600 feet, with 22 inches of snow at 7000 feet.
Squaw Valley Ski Resort reported 20 inches of snowfall at an elevation of 8200 feet, with 12 inches at 6200 feet.
Tahoe-Donner ski area reported a total of 11 inches of snowfall at an elevation of 6700 feet.
A trained spotter 5 miles north of Truckee near Hobart Mills reported a total of 9 inches of snowfall at an elevation of 6100 feet.
The Tahoe City Coast Guard Station reported a total of 5 inches of snowfall.
A trained spotter 5 miles WSW of Homewood reported a total of 12 inches of snowfall at an elevation of 6350 feet.
A trained spotter reported a total of 14 inches of snowfall at Yuba Pass.
A trained spotter reported a total of 12 inches of snowfall at the top of Mammoth Mountain, with 9 inches of snow at mid-mountain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 2007
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: 22031, 22032, 22034, 22039, 22040, 22041, 22042, 22044.