RENO, Nev. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Reno and Carson City areas effective from 8 p.m. Thursday to 11 p.m. Friday.
Two to six inches of snow is expected in the valleys from Reno-Sparks to Gardnerville, with as much as a foot of snow possible above 5,000 feet.
The snow is expected to taper off Friday afternoon but could resume Friday night.
Snow was falling again Thursday morning around Lake Tahoe, where a winter storm warning and backcountry avalanche watch is in effect from 2 p.m. Thursday through 5 a.m. Saturday.
The weather service says 17 inches has fallen in the last 48 hours at the Heavenly ski resort on the south end of the lake. Six inches fell overnight at Squaw Valley and 10 inches at Tahoma on the west side of the lake.