[CVRC] Public Information Statement for Carson City, NV

[Dick Flanagan]

Public Information Statement
1100 am PST sun Dec 30 2007

A snowstorm of potentially historic proportions will affect the
Sierra Nevada during the upcoming weekend. Snowfall totals with this
snowstorm could rival snowfall amounts that were seen in some of the
most devastating snowstorms of the past 50 years.

Research done on heavy snowfall in the Sierra has identified the
most significant snowstorms to affect the range.  Listed below are
the top fifteen snowstorms that deposited the largest snowfall
amounts on the entire Sierra during the past half century.  Snowfall
with this weekend's snowstorm could equal amounts seen among the top
five all-time Sierra snowstorms.

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Greatest Sierra snowstorms (1949-50 through 2004-2005) with storm
total snowfall amounts (in.) At various locations


Can - canyon dam (plumas county)
boc - Boca (nevada county)
css - central Sierra snow lab (nevada-Placer county)
tah - Tahoe City (placer county)
grg - Grant Grove (tulare county)


                                     can    boc    css    tah    grg
   1.  Jan. 10-17, 1952             108.0   68.0  141.0  149.0   68.0
   2.  Mar. 28-Apr. 1, 1982          26.0   47.0  125.5   59.0   63.0
   3.  Mar. 29-Apr. 4, 1958          46.5   48.0    mm    98.5   69.0
   4.  Dec. 28, 1992-Jan. 2, 1993    74.0   47.0   76.6   57.5    mm
   5.  Mar. 21-24, 1995              32.0   26.0  100.6   74.0   59.0

   6.  Mar. 10-14, 1967              60.0   59.0   74.8   92.0   38.5
   7.  Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 1975          62.0   38.0   65.0   42.0   25.0
   8.  Dec. 27-31, 1964              46.0   42.0   87.2   77.0   26.0
   9.  Feb. 23-26, 1969              35.0   28.0   74.0   37.0   63.0
  10.  Jan. 27-30, 1981              24.0   24.0   72.0   40.0   48.0

  11.  Dec. 21-23, 1996              23.0   65.0   53.6   73.0   25.0
  12.  Dec. 29, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005    48.0   49.5   89.7   64.0    mm
  13.  Feb. 9-12, 1959               43.0   31.0    mm    43.0   64.0
  14.  Feb. 16-18, 1990              30.0   49.0   73.0   46.0   24.0
  15.  Jan. 20-23, 1997              34.0   18.0   73.4   44.0   35.0


Mm - missing data

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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org