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Ice Storm in Western Nevada Basin and Range, Nevada
Ice Storm December 21, 2006 · Western Nevada Basin and Range, Nevada
What the National Weather Service wrote
Icy conditions along Interstate 80 in Churchill County contributed to numerous traffic accidents. A woman was killed in an accident when her automobile hit a slick section of I-80. Her car went off the road and overturned approximately 17 miles east of Fernley just inside the Churchill County line.
The wider storm
A Pacific storm moved through the central Sierra and western Nevada. This moist system dropped over a foot of snow in the Sierra and freezing rain in parts of western Nevada.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 6751. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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