The entire state of Nevada remains under hazardous weather warnings, watches and advisories into Friday, including a rare blizzard warning at Lake Tahoe, winter storm warnings in northeast Nevada to the Utah line and a high-wind alert in Las Vegas.
As much as 5 feet of new snow is possible in the upper elevations of the Sierra around Tahoe, where more than a foot of snow fell Thursday.
Whiteout conditions closed nearly 100 miles of U.S. Interstate 80 for several hours west of the Nevada-California line and chains or snow tires were required Friday evening on all major highways over the mountain passes.
The blizzard warning remains in effect for the Tahoe area until 4 a.m. Friday with wind gusts in excess of 100 mph in the forecast. A winter storm warning continues there until 10 a.m. Saturday.
In Reno and Carson City, a winter weather advisory is set to expire at 10 a.m. Friday. But a storm warning continues until Saturday afternoon in north-central and northeast Nevada. The National Weather Service says more than a foot of snow is expected in the Ruby Mountains near Elko.