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Heavy Snow Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

December 17, 2006Lincoln County, Nevada

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 17, 2006, 2:26 AM PST for Lincoln County, Nevada. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2006, 2:26 AM PST (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 2006, 6:00 AM PST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Lincoln County, NV

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Dec 16, 11:15 PM PST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 11:15 PM PST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 10:38 AM PST, 15 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1038 AM PST SAT DEC 16 2006

AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-170945-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-
1038 AM PST SAT DEC 16 2006 /1138 AM MST SAT DEC 16 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
TODAY AND MOVE INTO NEVADA TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND FOR THE SOUTHERN
MOJAVE COUNTY DESERTS. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN
COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA INTO
TUESDAY CREATING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND COOL
CONDITIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET
BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A DRYING AND WARMING
TREND FOR THE MID TO LATE PART OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THIS WEEKEND
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Nevada, 2006Every heavy snow warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.