From January 7th through 8th, a weaker but quick-hitting winter system brought another 5-10 inches of new snow to higher Sierra elevations with several more inches falling below 7000 feet around the Lake Tahoe Basin. A mix of light rain-snow fell across western Nevada valleys, limiting snow accumulations to higher elevation areas.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
From January 7th through 8th, a weaker but quick-hitting winter system brought another 5-10 inches of new snow to higher Sierra elevations with several more inches falling below 7000 feet around the Lake Tahoe Basin. A mix of light rain-snow fell across western Nevada valleys, limiting snow accumulations to higher elevation areas. Rain shadowing and limited spillover across western Nevada allowed strong winds to develop during the early morning hours of January 8th which included a 98 mph gust at Galena Creek Bridge and a 78 mph gust at Walker Lake, NV.
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 7, 7:54 PM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Mesonet station (WLKNV-NDOT) located 6.1 mi NW of Hawthorne, NV reported a peak wind gust of 78 mph.
Mesonet station (EW0588) Yerington located 5.0 mi ENE of Yerington, NV reported a maximum wind gust to 65 mph.
Mesonet station (CYVN2) Cherry Valley located 7.0 mi E of Dixie Valley, NV, reported a peak wind gust of 66 mph.
Mesonet station (GLCNV), located 2.3 mi NNE of Washoe City, NV, reported a maximum wind gust of 98 mph.
The public at the Mount Rose Ski summit reported 24 hour snowfall amount of 7.0 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2023
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1080677, 1080680, 1080681, 1080682, 1080684.