hail all hitting areas of northern nevada today... and another storm on it's way.... but how much has the latest snow fall helped the truckee

good evening, i'm rebecca kitchen in for kendra kostelecky... we'll get right to weather... dick stoddard is in the weather center tracking these storms... a winter storm will continue to impact the region today. a cold front will bring lowering snow levels through the morning with snow mixing with rain possible across western nevada valleys. be prepared for travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. short term... the main core of the atmospheric river moisture plume is currently pushing its way across the sierra and into western nevada. heavy rainfall accumulations have been reported along the west slopes of the sierra so far this morning with some sizable shadowing along the east slopes. right along and just to the east of the crest, rainfall accumulations in the 1 to 3 inch range have been reported thus far and a few tenths to about half an inch of rain across western

spillover precipitation will increase through the morning as a front drops south across the region. along with the front will come a sharp drop in snow level which currently is falling below 7,000. caltrans webcams show snowfall rapidly accumulating along i-80 through the sierra with chain controls in effect. expecting about 6-12" of accumulations between 8,000-7,000 feet with more in the 3-6" range below about 7,000. travel impacts will continue through the morning before diminishing in intensity through the morning hours. heavier snowfall will persist through the early afternoon through mono county as the main moisture plume slides across the southern sierra. the front will also transition rain to snow for western nevada later this morning with levels dropping near 4,500-5,000. current positions puts this transition somewhere near the susanville area and expect the front to move through the reno-carson city vicinity by late morning. snow will begin to mix with snow but snowboards in the mount rose ski resort area. the two men were reported missing by the

4:45 today.... no word yet on the condition of the boarders. bob harmon with washoe county says the search progress was slowed down due to an increase in avalance danger. recent snowfall in the mountains prompted the sierra avalanche center to increase the avalanche risk to according to an advidory put out this morning...people looking to go on backcountry outings this weekend need to be aware of an increased avalanches . the advisory says fragile wind slabs above 87 hundred feet already exist.. .. but could become more widespread as more snow accumulates.... the recent rain and snow... making a big impact on the truckee river. kolo 8 news nows chris buckley was there as hydrographers with the u-s geological survey measured the river at several spots this morning... the truckee river... higher than it's been in years. according to the u-s geological survey, it's the first significant peak flow event since

"this is what we live for normally we're our here in waders so it's nice to get the big boats out and get the flow measurements." crews with the u-s-g-s took measurements at several spots along the truckee saturday morning. "this is an acoustic dopler profiler ti sends sound signals down in to the water so we can get a volune of water in cubic feet per second." here at glendale avenue... the water was flowing at about 28- hundred cubic feet per second. "yesterday we were probably at several hundred so we're at a factor of ten from that." thanks to this years snowpack... and the recent rain. "its going to do some good its going to be in pyramid lake which has really dropped drastically during the driught and then lahontan reservoir, both places this water goes into truckee canal so the farmers in fallon will appreciate this and the trout in pyramid lake will appreciate it too." they haven't seen numbers like this... since december 20-12. in reno chris buckley kolo 8 news now. it's the first significant peak flow event since the drought. "this is what we live for normally we're our here in waders so it's nice to get the big boats out and get the flow measurements." crews with the u-s-g-s took measurements at several spots along the truckee saturday "this is an acoustic dopler profiler ti sends sound signals down in to the water so we can get a volune of water in cubic feet per second." here at glendale avenue... the water was flowing at about 28- hundred cubic feet per second. "yesterday we were probably at several hundred so we're at a factor of ten from that." thanks to this years

"its going to do some good its going to be in pyramid lake which has really dropped and then lahontan reservoir, both places this water goes into truckee canal so the farmers in fallon will appreciate this and appreciate it too." they haven't seen december 20-12. in reno chris buckley kolo 8 news now. water flow levels peaked by mid-morning.... enough.... to cause flood concerns. reno police are searching for a truck involved in a deadly hit- morning. it happened around six near east fourth and spokane streets. police say a 55-year-old man was legally crossing fourth street... when a pickup truck traveling at a high speed... with its headlights off... struck him... then fled... the man was pronounced dead at the scene. the pickup is described as new and light- colored. if you have any information... please call rpd or secret witness. and reno police are searching for another driver involved in a hit and run at south virginia and moana... it happend just after 5 tonight....police say the

hit a person in the road then drove away. the victim reported minor injuries...and the car was located shortly after at the peppermill casino.... in sparks.... police are looking for a man they say attempted to rob a convenience store on north mccarran boulevard around seven yesterday morning... sparks police say a man entered the store and attempted to rob the clerk with a handgun... he was unsuccessful and fled on foot. he is described as white or hispanic... approximately 5-feet 5- inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds. he was last seen wearing dark clothing. secret witness is offering 15-hundred dollars for information leading to an arrest and prosecution. the manhunt is over! the remaining two men who escaped a santa ana area jail are now in custody. with all three escapees back behind bars - the investigation can focus on how they got out in the first place. abc's lauren lyster has the latest. off the streets and back in custody.

inmates - hossein nayeri and jonathan tieu - captured today in san francisco. sot - sheriff sandra hutchens / orange county, ca "the entire state can breathe a sigh of relief." and this may have been a key moment in the investigation? less than 24 hours earlier - the first fugitive bac duong cuffed on camera - calmly surrending in santa ana - after a week on the run. sot - witness "we're just friends, he knows us and he want to make sure he gets caught safely." investigators believe duong was in charge of transportation? and stole the white van the trio used to get away. that same van - spotted in a san francisco whole foods parking lot this morning? a man alerted some park district police officers? who quickly investigated. sot - sheriff sandra hutchens / orange county, ca "officers approached the van - natsot - "code 4, code 4 we got em down. natsot - "there might be another person at

sot - sheriff sandra hutchens / orange county, ca "on returning to the van, they found tieu hiding in the van." now, officials are working on transferring the pair back to orange county? and learning more about first place. have been tasked with getting information? somehow coaxing his jailhouse english teacher to give him more than language lessons? sot - lt. jeff hallock / orange county sheriff's dept. "a google earth image on paper that showed an image of the // she played a significant role in the planning" 44-year-old nooshafarin ravaghi now under arrest for suspicion of contributing to the men's escape. while officials know she and nayeri developed a relationship - it's unclear whether it was romantic. lauren lyster oncam close: soon all three inmates will be back behind bars at the very jail they escaped. the sheriff telling us they will be kept in a different area when a disaster strikes, how would you react? a look at how some in our community are being trained to be part of the solution. and if you don't have health insurance.. you're running out of time to sign up.

from northstar where they are reporting 9 the last 24 hours... a winter storm will continue to impact the region today. a cold front will bring lowering snow levels through the morning with snow mixing with rain possible across western nevada valleys. be prepared for travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week.

atmospheric river moisture plume is currently pushing its way across the sierra and into western nevada. heavy rainfall accumulations have been reported along the west slopes of the sierra so far this morning with some sizable shadowing along the east slopes. right along and just to the east of the crest, rainfall accumulations in the 1 to 3 inch range have been reported thus far and a few tenths to about half an inch of rain across western nevada. spillover precipitation will increase through the morning as a front drops south across the region. along with the front will come a sharp drop in snow level which currently is falling below 7,000. caltrans webcams show snowfall rapidly accumulating along i-80 through the sierra with chain controls in effect. expecting about 6-12" of accumulations between 8,000-7,000 feet with more in the 3-6" range below about 7,000. travel impacts will continue through the morning before diminishing in intensity through the morning hours. heavier snowfall will persist through the early afternoon through mono county as the main

across the southern sierra. the front will also transition rain to snow for western nevada later this morning with levels dropping near 4,500-5,000. current positions puts this transition somewhere near the susanville area and expect the front to move through the reno-carson city vicinity by late morning. snow will begin to mix with snow but surface temperatures should be warm enough to limit accumulations across western nevada valleys. the main forecast challenge will occur sunday as the core of the upper low moves across western nevada. this will result in less moisture but increased instability aloft. as such, looking for more convective and banded snowfall to occur which is inherently difficult to pin down in a forecast. latest model runs have depicted one such band farther north along the i-80 corridor by sunday afternoon. overall, the highest probabilities for seeing higher snowfall accumulations in the 3-6" in range favoring areas mainly south of hwy 50 with lower end amounts of an inch or two possible between i-80

the position of banded is snowfall is almost always low confidence so probably wont see confidence increase until 12-24 hours out when satellite trends and higher resolution model runs become available. nonetheless, motorists and pedestrians should be prepared for accumulating snowfall and travel impacts for sunday. fuentes long term...tuesday through friday... very few changes were made to the inherited long term forecast this morning. overall the operational models and ensemble members were in fair agreement early in the forecast period...but then begin to diverge very significantly by the later periods of the forecast. a ridge starts to develop just west of the forecast area tuesday as the upper trough moves slowly east. the 30/06 utc run of the operational gfs now shows a bit more chance of precipitation tuesday over and above the 30/00 utc run as it keeps the trough axis farther west for a longer period of time. this seems out of line with the ensemble members and the other operational models so only a small area of slight chance pops was retained over the northern and northwest forecast area for tuesday. by wednesday the gefs ensemble members are starting to flatten the ridge a bit faster than the operational gfs or the ecmwf...but no precipitation is indicated. by thursday the model guidance is diverging with the ecmwf sliding a short wave over the ridge well to our north as the gfs

ridge down more. both an emergency situation? the washoe county sheriff's office is offering free classes to makes sure you're prepared for anything. kolo 8 news now's catherine van takes us through its cert program. nats are you ok, does your neck hurt? these aren't trained professionals. nats they're people in the community who just want to be part of the solution when an emergency strikes. steve: in a chaotic situation, not everyone is in chaos. you have pockets of people who are starting to put things in order. steve myers wants to become one of those people. he's training to be part of the community emergency response team. cert. they learn ...step by step...how to respond during a disaster ... skills that may save lives later on. shirlee: having people with this training is going to help make our community far more resilient and recover much quicker. for six days... citizen corps volunteers teach them how to identify problems... suppress fires... and even perform emergency medical care. steve: we'll have less of that panic reaction and be able to

say 'remember, we learned this before. they're learning how effectively work through their emotions during... in most cases---a tragedy. shirlee: there's going to be things that will happen in your life and you will just be more in power to deal with them after this training. by the end of the training... steve says he's ready to run toward a problem.. instead of away. steve: once you've done it, you can visualize yourself doing it and you have the memory to train. in north reno...cvk8nn. the washoe county sheriff's office holds four cert training sessions a year. the next one is in april you can sign up online... just head to kolotv.com and click on hot topics. finding affordable health care is a struggle for many but an untapped resource in our

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is open every saturday, plus one tuesday a month. ### ben ross is here now with a preview of sports. -wolf pack men's basketball team facing utah state

long day for the wolf pack basketball team -- their flight to utah was cancelled because of that heavy wind, so they had to bus -- 550 miles to logan -- but a win tonight against utah state would make it all worth the while wolf pack and aggies from the dee glen smith spectrum in logan... nevada on fire in the first half... you saw eric cooper junior and tyron criswell hitting 3's... then it's cam oliver from beyond the arc... and this is when you know it's your night -- cooper -- front rim and bounces in... wolf pack led 49-35 at the break... it got close at the end, but the pack able to hang on... oliver throwing down 2 of his 16 points... nevada wins its third straight road game, 89- 84 -- they improve to 13- and-8 overall, 5-and-4 in

wolf pack women hosting utah state -- jane albright honored before the game for her 500th career win -- picked it up wednesday night against san diego state... as for the game -- halie bergman -- nice move and lays it in to give the pack an early lead... later -- kelsey kaelin buries the 3... nevada up 1... but the aggies answer -- hannah hutchins -- 2 of her game-high 21... utah state goes on to win 79-66 to the n-b-a... league- leading warriors facing the league-worst 76ers... should be a blowout, right?... that's why they play the games!... isaiah canaan -- 4-point play -- brings the sixers within 2... then ish smith gets the steal -- and he's gonna tie the game at 105... final seconds -- warriors with a chance

3!... and the warriors survive, 108-105 kings trying to snap a 3-game skid -- in memphis facing the grizzlies... 4th quarter -- rudy gay -- 2 of his team-high 21... kings still down 10... they get it within 2 -- but mike conley hits a big stepback jumper... grizzlies hang on 121-117 turning to football now, where reed quarterback and two- time sports caravan player of the year matt denn has announced his verbal commitment to the united states coast guard academy denn will play quarterback for the division 3 school in connecticut... as a senior at reed, denn passed for 2,277 yards and 30 touchdowns -- he also ran for 1,282 yards and 23 td's... in his two seasons as reed's starting qb, denn accounted for 91 total touchdowns u-f-c tonight in new

anthony johnson in the main event... a light heavyweight bout... and it did not go well for bader... it took just a minute and 26 seconds and johnson wins by knockout from ground strikes... bader's u-f-c record drops to 13-and-5 finally tonight -- a stunning upset in the australian open women's final... serena williams, defeated by germany's angelique kerber... the first career major title for the 28-year-old... she wins it in 3 sets... 6-4, 3-6, 6-4... men's final at midnight tonight -- novak djokovic vs. andy murray thanks ben...we'll be right back.

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