SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 743 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 445 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
742 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
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MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...
IMLAY
742 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND
WESTERN NEVADA THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS MONO AND
MINERAL COUNTIES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START
ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO
VALLEY FLOORS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE A PERIOD OF 12 HOURS OR LESS OF
PRECIPITATION.
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET COULD SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO 5 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH SIERRA OF MONO
COUNTY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN LOWER VALLEYS OF WESTERN NEVADA
WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH EAST OF LOVELOCK AND FALLON TO
UP TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY
THIS EVENING WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF
WESTERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
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