Lahontan Valley receives between 8-13 inches of snow

Snow squall unleashes snow, gusty winds

After a dismal snowpack report recorded earlier in the month, Mother Nature weighed in with different plans of her own. A Wednesday afternoon snow squall pushed by winds reaching as high as 42 miles per hour and snow measuring 13 inches in some areas swept across Churchill County in a two-hour span. Deeper depths were reported in Silver Springs.