[NevadaARES] WEATHER ALERT NV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

NVZ003-200700-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
720 PM PST THU DEC 19 2002

..HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH 11 PM SOUTH OF RENO...
..SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH 11 PM FROM RENO NORTHWARD...

THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW HAS FALLEN AROUND CARSON 
CITY SINCE 4 PM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED 
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL 
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN AREAS SOUTH 
OF RENO...INCLUDING WASHOE VALLEY...CARSON CITY & 
MUCH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. 

FROM RENO NORTHWARD...SNOW WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 
730 & 8 PM & CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. SNOWFALL 
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL 
AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS.  

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BETWEEN 10 PM & 
MIDNIGHT. 

TRAVEL IN THE RENO AREA & THE CARSON VALLEY WILL 
BECOME DIFFICULT WITH SLIPPERY ROADS & REDUCED 
VISIBILITIES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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