Alert archive / California / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007

Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

December 5, 2007Inyo County, California

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2007, 3:22 PM PST for Inyo County, California. It took effect at Dec 6, 2007, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 17 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 5, 2007, 3:22 PM PST (23:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2007, 6:00 PM PST
Expired
Dec 7, 2007, 10:41 AM PST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Las Vegas, NV

County Inyo County, CA

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-12-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2007-12-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS45 KVEF 052322
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
322 PM PST WED DEC 5 2007

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR THE SOUTHERN
NEVADA MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...

.A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA LATE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE STORM WILL FIRST IMPACT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WITH
HEAVY SNOW THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE
DESERT REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE 6000 FEET
DURING THE STORM AND KEEP SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CONFINED TO THE
MOUNTAINS.

CAZ519-521-061200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WS.W.0002.071207T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
322 PM PST WED DEC 5 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM PST
FRIDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND WHITE
MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM PST
FRIDAY.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ON THE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN INTENSIFY
THURSDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF SNOW ON FRIDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 6000 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT.

$$

NVZ018-019-061200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0600Z-071208T0000Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
322 PM PST WED DEC 5 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 7000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
ABOVE 7000 FEET BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING THEN INTENSIFY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET FRIDAY
AFTER THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW HAS ENDED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 12 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS
OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT THE OCCURRENCE IS
STILL UNCERTAIN.

$$

NVZ014-015-061200-
/O.NEW.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0600Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL
322 PM PST WED DEC 5 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000
FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN FALL TO AROUND 6000
FEET FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT THE OCCURRENCE IS STILL
UNCERTAIN.

$$

JGA
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 061216
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
416 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

.A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE STORM WILL FIRST IMPACT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WITH HEAVY SNOW
THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT
REGION. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE 5500 FEET DURING
THE STORM AND KEEP SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS.

CAZ519-521-062300-
/O.EXT.KVEF.WS.W.0002.071207T0200Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
416 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ON THE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTENSIFY
TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ON FRIDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5500 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT.

$$

NVZ018-019-062300-
/O.EXT.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0000Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
416 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA ABOVE 8000 FEET LATE THIS EVENING THEN INTENSIFY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AFTER THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW HAS ENDED. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT THE OCCURRENCE IS STILL
UNCERTAIN.

$$

NVZ014-015-062300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0600Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL
416 AM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE
AND LINCOLN COUNTIES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES TONIGHT THEN WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE AREA ON
FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN FALL TO AROUND
5000 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500 FEET.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO DEVELOP...BUT THE OCCURRENCE IS STILL
UNCERTAIN.

$$

PIERCE
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 062333
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
333 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
NEVADA MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

NVZ018-019-070600-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HS.W.0004.071207T0800Z-071208T0000Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
333 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST
FRIDAY ABOVE 7500 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. THIS
REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA ABOVE 8000 FEET LATE THIS EVENING THEN INTENSIFY EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET AFTER
THE SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET
BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

NVZ015-070600-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.HS.W.0004.071207T1200Z-071208T0600Z/
LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...
ALAMO...RACHEL
333 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY ABOVE
6500 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LINCOLN COUNTY ABOVE 6500 FEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES THE
WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT THEN WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS
WILL BEGIN ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN FALL TO AROUND 5000 FEET LATE
FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
6500 FEET.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

CAZ519-521-070600-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0002.071207T0200Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
333 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. 

SNOW BEGAN TO FALL IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA ABOVE 8500 FEET
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ON
FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5500 FEET FRIDAY. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500
FEET. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW TONIGHT WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

NVZ014-070600-
/O.UPG.KVEF.WS.A.0006.071207T0800Z-071208T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
333 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY ABOVE
6000 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY FOR ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY ABOVE 6000 FEET...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. THIS REPLACES
THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ABOVE 7500 FEET LATE TONIGHT OVER ESMERALDA
AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES THEN WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5000 THROUGH FRIDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.


$$

JGA
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 070557
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
957 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AND
INTO FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

NVZ018-019-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.HS.W.0004.071207T0800Z-071208T0000Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
957 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. 

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
NEVADA ABOVE 8000 FEET OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND
7500 FEET BY DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE TO LOWER DURING THE
DAY...REACHING 6000 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET
BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

NVZ015-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.HS.W.0004.071207T1200Z-071208T0600Z/
LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...
ALAMO...RACHEL
957 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST
FRIDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST
FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND
6500 FEET BY DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE TO LOWER DURING THE DAY ON
FRIDAY...REACHING 5000 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 6500 FEET.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

CAZ519-521-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
957 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION
TO SNOW SHOWERS ON DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER TO AROUND 7000 FEET BY DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE TO FALL DURING
THE DAY...REACHING 5500 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT
WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

NVZ014-071400-
/O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.071207T1200Z-071208T0000Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
957 PM PST THU DEC 6 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ABOVE 7500 FEET OVERNIGHT IN ESMERALDA
AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REACH 7000 FEET BY
DAYBREAK AND THEN CONTINUE TO LOWER TO AROUND 5000 BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 071242
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
442 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
NEVADA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE
INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3-6 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.  

NVZ018-019-071900-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
442 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

OVERNIGHT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS RAIN AS THE SNOW LEVEL
STAYED AT OR ABOVE 8000 FEET. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF
AFTER 6 AM THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 5000 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED...BUT ONLY ENOUGH
TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$

NVZ015-071900-
/O.CAN.KVEF.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...
ALAMO...RACHEL
442 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

OVERNIGHT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS RAIN AS THE SNOW LEVEL
STAYED ABOVE 7000 FEET. THERE WILL BE LULL IN PRECIPITATION ACROSS
LINCOLN COUNTY THIS MORNING BEFORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOP IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 5000
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$

CAZ519-521-071900-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
442 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND THEN
TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER TO 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1
AND 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60
MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

NVZ014-071900-
/O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER
442 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THERE WILL BE LULL IN PRECIPITATION ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL
NYE COUNTY THIS MORNING BEFORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE
6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$

PIERCE
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 071742
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
942 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

NVZ014-018-019-071845-
/O.CAN.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/
ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-
RED ROCK CANYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...
DYER...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON
942 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND FOR ESMERALDA AND
CENTRAL NYE COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION HAD FALLEN OVER
THESE AREAS BEFORE 9 AM. MUCH OF IT FELL BEFORE SNOW LEVELS
LOWERED BELOW 8000 FEET. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY BE
OBSERVED THROUGH THE DAY ABOVE 6500 FEET BUT THE THREAT FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED.

THE KYLE CANYON FIRE STATION REPORTED 2.20 INCHES OF WATER AND
ONE INCH OF NEW SNOW. AUTOMATED STATIONS AT THE SKI AREA IN LEE
CANYON REPORTED AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF WATER AND AROUND 3 INCHES OF
NEW SNOW. 

$$

CAZ519-521-072300-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
942 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA.

OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 5000
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 10
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS.

$$

NVZ015-072300-
/O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...
ALAMO...RACHEL
942 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
LINCOLN COUNTY ABOVE 6000 FEET.

OVERNIGHT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS RAIN AS THE SNOW
LEVEL STAYED ABOVE 7000 FEET. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN
PRECIPITATION ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE
NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL
LOWER TO 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$

JGA
000 
WWUS45 KVEF 071841
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1041 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

CAZ519-521-071945-
/O.CAN.KVEF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
1041 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS NOW EXPECTED EAST
OF THE SIERRA CREST. A TOTAL OF 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WAS REPORTED
AT ASPENDELL WHICH IS NEAR 8500 FEET.

$$

NVZ015-080000-
/O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071208T0600Z/
LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...
ALAMO...RACHEL
1041 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

OVERNIGHT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS RAIN AS THE SNOW
LEVEL STAYED ABOVE 7000 FEET. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN
PRECIPITATION ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE
NUMEROUS SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL
LOWER TO 5000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS.

$$

JGA

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Sources

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