Special Weather Statement
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
237 AM PST THU DEC 5 2013

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-060000-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE...
MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI...
GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH
237 AM PST THU DEC 5 2013


...NEXT STORM TO ARRIVE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NEXT VERY COLD STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION ON FRIDAY
WITH GUSTY WINDS FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CHANCES FOR SNOW FRIDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN BELOW ALL VALLEY FLOORS FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN LASSEN AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTIES
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SPREADING SOUTH TO THE TAHOE BASIN AND
ALONG INTERSTATE 80 BY THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL REACH MONO
COUNTY BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET
WITH AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IN THE EASTERN SIERRA VALLEYS
AND LAKE TAHOE BASIN. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD ALSO OCCUR IN
WESTERN NEVADA WITH TRAVEL IMPACTS ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAYS
50...95 AND 395.

BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...EXTREMELY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE SIERRA WHERE OVERNIGHT LOWS MAY
DROP CLOSE TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.


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