Winter Storm Watch
NWS Reno NV ยท US
Details
Winter Storm Watch In Effect From Friday Morning Through Saturday Morning
- Event
- Winter Storm Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Heavy wet snow. Snow accumulations near 12 inches above 7000 to 7500 feet, with up to 6 inches below 7000 feet. Wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph over ridges and gusts of 35 to 45 mph for Truckee and Lake Tahoe communities.
Where
Greater Lake Tahoe Area.
When
From Friday morning through Saturday morning.
Impacts
Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Friday evening commute. Strong winds and Sierra cement snow could cause damage to trees and power lines. Strong winds and rough waves on Lake Tahoe will create hazardous conditions for small watercraft.
Additional details
A burst of heavy snow is likely with this system late Friday afternoon into Friday evening with snow levels falling to as low as 6000 feet.
Instructions
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Affected areas
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Reno NV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M73C0FTVSQWBZ3JX2T7Q2QG8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f79b58c610923076b618e58db88f6bb3528bf376.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Reno NV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPREV
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1075
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | WSA |
| NationalWeatherService | WSA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | WSWREV |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS45 KREV 101837 |
| NWSheadline | WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KREV.WS.A.0005.261113T1800Z-261114T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-14T10:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006003 |
| SAME | 006017 |
| SAME | 006057 |
| SAME | 006061 |
| SAME | 032005 |
| SAME | 032031 |
| SAME | 032510 |
| UGC | CAZ072 |
| UGC | NVZ002 |