Heavy Snow in Surprise Valley, California

Heavy Snow December 24, 2008 – December 25, 2008 · Surprise Valley, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

The following storm total snowfall amounts were reported:

5 miles NNW of Cedarville, 6.0 inches;

1 mile west of Cedarville, 5.0 inches; and

2 miles NE of Ft. Bidwell, 4.0 inches.

A winter storm brought over two feet of snow to parts of the Sierra Nevada and a rare white Christmas to much of western Nevada.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 146460. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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