PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
200 PM PST SUN FEB 21 2010
...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN A BAND ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA...
A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING CAUSED A FAIRLY NARROW AREA OF HEAVY SNOWFALL FROM LASSEN COUNTY CALIFORNIA...THROUGH THE RENO AREA AND SOUTHEAST TO WEST CENTRAL NEVADA. OVER A FOOT AND A HALF OF SNOW FELL OVER PORTIONS OF LASSEN COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE RENO AREA SAW SOME OF THE LARGEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW BEING REPORTED.
THESE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST SEEN IN THE RENO AREA SINCE THE INCREDIBLE SNOWSTORMS OF LATE DECEMBER 2004 AND EARLY JANUARY 2005.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE REGION:
REPORT
LOCATION / (INCHES)
LASSEN...EASTERN PLUMAS AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES:
| BECKWOURTH (5 MILES WEST) |
18.8
|
| CHILCOOT (2 MILES WNW) |
18.0
|
| CHILCOOT (1 MILES SOUTH) |
15.0
|
| BLAIRSDEN (2 MILES NW) |
14.0
|
| BLAIRSDEN (2 MILES WEST) |
12.0
|
| PORTOLA |
9.0
|
| SLOAT (1 MILE EAST) |
9.0
|
| CRESCENT MILLS (2 MILES NNE) |
8.0
|
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT:
RENO AREA:
| SUN VALLEY (5 MILES NORTH) |
26.0 |
| NORTHWEST RENO |
24.0 |
| NORTH SUN VALLEY |
24.0 |
| STEAD (JUST WEST OF AIRPORT) |
24.0 |
| GOLDEN VALLEY (NORTH OF RENO) |
24.0 |
| RENO NWS FORECAST OFFICE |
23.3 |
| RENO (5 MILES NORTH) |
19.5 |
| COLD SPRINGS VALLEY |
18.0 |
| STEAD FIRE STATION |
18.0 |
| SUN VALLEY |
18.0 |
| SPANISH SPRINGS |
18.0 |
| SPANISH SPRINGS |
16.5 |
| COLD SPRINGS VALLEY |
16.0 |
| SPARKS |
16.0 |
| SPARKS FIRE STATION |
14.0 |
| RENO-TAHOE INTL AIRPORT |
13.9 |
| RENO (5 MILES NE) |
12.0 |
| RENO (4 MILES SSW) |
10.5 |
| RENO (8 MILES SOUTH) |
10.0 |
WESTERN NEVADA:
| VIRGINIA CITY (5 MILES EAST) |
10.0
|
| NEW WASHOE CITY (4 MILES NNE) |
7.5
|
PERSHING...CHURCHILL...LYON AND MINERAL COUNTIES:
| SILVER SPRINGS |
18.0
|
| SILVER SPRINGS (6 MILES SE) |
12.0
|
| DAYTON (6 MILES EAST) |
11.0
|
| E DAYTON |
10.0
|
| STAGECOACH |
9.0
|
| VIRGINIA CITY (5 MILES EAST) |
9.0
|
| FALLON |
8.0
|
TAHOE BASIN:
| TRUCKEE |
2.0 |
| CISCO (5 MILES ENE) |
1.0 |
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