Alert archive / Nevada / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Elko, NV
NWS Elko, NV issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2009, 4:06 AM PST for 5 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Dec 12, 2009, 3:25 PM PST. It was in force for 19 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 12, 2009, 4:06 AM PST (12:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2009, 3:25 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2009, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Elko, NV
Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Humboldt County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV
The radar
The Elko radar (KLRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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 winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 11, 3:46 PM PST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 3:46 PM PST, 12 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 12:23 PM PST, 15 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1223 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 NVZ013-030>037-122030- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 1223 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT FOR HUMBOLDT... LANDER...AND EUREKA COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM PST SATURDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 9 AM PST SATURDAY MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH TONIGHT...ENDING SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE HUMBOLDT...LANDER...AND EUREKA COUNTY...AND MOST OF ELKO COUNTY INCLUDING THE RUBIES AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS TO 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. FURTHER SOUTH...WHITE PINE AND TONOPAH COUNTIES WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VALLEYS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE BRISK SUNDAY AS THE STORM SHIFTS EAST INTO UTAH. DRIFTING ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. REA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:25 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | LKN | Elko | 19 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Nevada, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.