The latest on road closures and weather warnings
Weather Advisories (National Weather Service)
Flood Warning
- Urban Areas and Small Streams for rain and snow melt for the following areas until 7:15 pm on Wednesday:
- Plumas County in northern California
- Alpine County in northern California
- El Dorado County in northern California
- Placer County in central California
- Sierra County in northern California
- Southeastern Lassen County in northern California
- Nevada County in northern California
- Storey County in western Nevada
- Southern Washoe County in western Nevada
- Douglas County in western Nevada
- Northern Lyon County in west central Nevada
- Carson City in western Nevada
High Wind Warning from 6 am through midnight Thursday:
- Greater Reno-Carson City-Minden Area, including the cities of Sparks, Gardnerville, and Virginia City
- South to southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 75 mph.
- For wind prone areas such as I-580 through Washoe Valley and in the foothills, gusts could exceed 80 mph.
Avalanche Warning
- Moderate avalanche danger for all elevations.
Road Closures:
- Highway 89 WB Emerald Bay closed due to "unstable snow conditions" No estimated time of reopening.
- US 50 in both directions near Logan Creek and Cave Rock is blocked due to rock slides.
- US 50 near Sawmill due to flooding
- Spooner Summit has closed due to rock slides. Officials are turning cars around on Spooner causing backups in both directions on Highway 50.
- Geiger Grade SR-341 is reduced to a single lane with a traffic flagger just below the Virginia City Highlands to repair a minor roadside and guardrail erosion following heavy rainfall. Single lane traffic with a pilot car is anticipated to be in place between approximately Washoe County milepost 3 and Storey County milepost 5 through the end of the week as repairs are made.
- For road closures in Lyon County, click here
Roads that have Re-Opened:
- Mount Rose Highway/SR431 has re-opened both directions near Fairview Blvd in Incline Village
- Highway 20 from Nevada City to I-80 has re-opened.
- Centerville Road is has re-opened
