AFDREV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1220 PM PST SAT DEC 31 2005
...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TODAY. MANY AREA ROADS ARE CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING...MUD SLIDES...ROCK SLIDES...AND SNOW COVER. THIS
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80...THE MOUNT ROSE HIGHWAY AND GEIGER GRADE. IF
YOU ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ON FLOODED OR SNOW COVERED ROADS YOU ARE
PUTTING YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF RESCUE...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
UTILITY PERSONNEL AT RISK!!!...
.UPDATE...
SITUATION GOING FROM FROM WORSE TO EVEN WORSE. MAJOR FLOOD EVENT
ONGOING IN THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE
TO MUD SLIDES...ROCK SLIDES AND SNOW COVER. SNOW TOTALS IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS HAVE EXCEEDED 3 FEET.
STRONG SHORT WAVE IS WORKING INTO NORTHERN CALIFNORIA WITH A STRONG
LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO THE SIERRA. A JET MAX IS MIXED IN
THE FLOW TOO...WINDS OVER THE SIERRA CREST ARE GUSTING AS HIGH AS
160 MPH. WINDS A BIG PROBLEM NOW AS WELL..WIND DAMAGE REPORTS JUST
COMING IN FROM SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...WHERE WINDS ARE GUSTING TO AT
LEAST 70 MPH. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN. WINDS ARE UP IN
THE WESTERN VALLEYS AS WELL.
TRAVEL IS IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. STAY HOME!! HEAVY PRECIP SHOULD
END IN MOST AREAS IN THE NEXT 2-4 HOURS. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR WINDS
AND MAKE ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WIND WARNINGS AS NEEDED.
ANOTHER STORM ON THE WAY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE LOWER SNOW
LEVELS WHICH IS DEPERATELY NEEDED TO REDUCING FLOOD PROBLEMS.
HOWEVER I AM WORKING ON A WINTER STORM WATCH. BRONG
some pics i took: not even the worst area
