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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Elko, NV

February 11, 20124 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this winter storm watch at Feb 11, 2012, 2:36 PM PST for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Feb 13, 2012, 7:00 AM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2012, 2:36 PM PST (22:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2012, 7:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 12, 2012, 2:37 PM PST
In force
Issued by
NWS Elko, NV

Counties Elko County, NV, Eureka County, NV, Lander County, NV, White Pine County, NV

The radar

The Elko radar (KLRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-02-11Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2012-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
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The text

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

763 
WWUS45 KLKN 112236
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
236 PM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL START SATURDAY NIGHT...

.THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE
6500 FEET WITH THIS FIRST STORM.

NVZ035-121045-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0005.120212T0600Z-120212T2000Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK
236 PM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SATURDAY
EVENING TO NOON PST SUNDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST SUNDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY SNOWS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 6500 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY AND AT ALL ELEVATIONS
  MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING SATURDAY EVENING AND MAY BECOME 
  HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...
  SACRAMENTO PASS...AND ADDITIONAL VALLEY LOCATIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS: HIGHWAY OVERPASSES IN WHITE PINE COUNTY WILL BECOME
  SNOW COVERED MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO WINTRY CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

NVZ013-034-037-121045-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
236 PM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. 


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE IN VALLEY LOCATIONS
  WITH UP TO 14 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS. 

* ELEVATION: SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN ALL VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH VERY
  HEAVY SNOWS POSSIBLE ABOVE 6500 FEET.

* TIMING: FOR NORTHERN NYE AND SOUTHERN EUREKA AND LANDER COUNTIES
  HEAVIEST SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR WHITE
  PINE COUNTY AND THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE
  HEAVIEST SNOWS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... 
  CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON 
  PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY... 
  PINTO SUMMIT 

* WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH MONDAY SWITCHING TO NORTHEAST 10 MPH
  TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: U.S. HIGHWAYS 6...50...AND 93 COULD POSSIBLY BE HEAVILY
  IMPACTED. STATE HIGHWAYS 305 AND 376 WILL BE IMPACTED. SOME
  SUMMITS AND PASSES COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. VISIBILITY MAY  DROP
  TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. LIVESTOCK MAY ALSO BE
  TRAPPED IN SOME PASTURES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS EARLY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
380 
WWUS45 KLKN 121100
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
300 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...

.SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY
THROUGH THIS MORNING THEN DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A BRIEF
BREAK OF DRY WEATHER TONIGHT...A MUCH STRONGER PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

NVZ035-130000-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120212T2000Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK
300 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
PST TODAY ABOVE 6500 FEET... 

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 6500
FEET UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
  ABOVE 6500 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY. 

  MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...6 TO 12 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 12
  TO 18 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 2 FEET ON
  HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND FAVORED SLOPES.
 
* ELEVATION: THIS MORNING...ABOVE 6500 FEET. SNOW WILL FALL AT ALL
  ELEVATIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE
  DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED MONDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK AND
  SACRAMENTO PASS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY INCLUDE
  ELY...RUTH...MCGILL AND ALL OTHER VALLEY LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT MONDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECTED SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS
  AND LIMITED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO WINTRY CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

NVZ013-034-037-130000-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
300 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 12
  TO 18 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 2 FEET ON
  HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND FAVORED SLOPES.

* ELEVATION: SNOW IS EXPECTED AT ALL ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...
  CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON
  PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO
  SUMMIT.
 
* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA.
  TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCALLY IMPOSSIBLE ON
  SUMMITS AND PASSES. EXPECT SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$

TURNER
901 
WWUS45 KLKN 121142 AAA
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
342 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...

.SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY THROUGH THIS
MORNING THEN DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK OF DRY
WEATHER TONIGHT...A MUCH STRONGER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST
SNOW TO FALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

NVZ035-122345-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120212T2000Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK
342 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY
ABOVE 6500 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE
6500 FEET UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY
SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES 
  ABOVE 6500 FEET THROUGH NOON TODAY. 

 MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...6 TO 12 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS
WITH 12   TO 18 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 2 FEET
ON   HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND FAVORED SLOPES.

* ELEVATION: THIS MORNING...ABOVE 6500 FEET. SNOW WILL FALL AT 
  ALL ELEVATIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE 
  DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED 
  MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 
  ANDSACRAMENTO PASS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY 
  INCLUDE ELY...RUTH...MCGILL AND ALL OTHER VALLEY LOCATIONS. 

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  MONDAYAFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECTED SNOWPACKED 
  ROADWAYS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO WINTRY CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

NVZ013-034-037-122345-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
342 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 12 
  TO 18 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 2 FEET ON 
  HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND FAVORED SLOPES. 

* ELEVATION: SNOW IS EXPECTED AT ALL ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... 
  CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON 
  PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...
  PINTO SUMMIT.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. 
  TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCALLY IMPOSSIBLE ON 
  SUMMITS AND PASSES. EXPECT SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$
340 
WWUS45 KLKN 121723
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
923 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...

.LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH
THIS MORNING THEN DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK OF
DRY WEATHER TONIGHT...A MUCH STRONGER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL
BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO NEVADA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT THE
HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

NVZ035-130530-
/O.CAN.KLKN.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120212T2000Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL... CONNORS
PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK

923 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE DIMINISHING THIS MORNING ACROSS WHITE PINE
COUNTY. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. AS SUCH...THE SNOW ADVISORY
FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING: 4 TO
  7 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE
  MOUNTAINS. 

* ELEVATION: DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN
  NATIONAL PARK

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT MONDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS
  AND LIMITED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&


$$

NVZ013-034-037-130530-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...
HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
923 AM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN
  VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* ELEVATION: SNOW DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS. 

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...
  CURRANT SUMMIT...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON... HARRISON 
  PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND VALLEY...
  PINTO SUMMIT 

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
  NEVADA. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. EXPECT SNOW
  PACKED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES BEGINNING MONDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

$$


ROOD
205 
WWUS45 KLKN 122237
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
237 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO CENTRAL NEVADA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO CENTRAL NEVADA
BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL ACROSS
SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES...NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...AND
WHITE PINE COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

NVZ035-131200-
/O.UPG.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.W.0004.120213T1800Z-120214T1800Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK
237 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM PST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO
10 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING: 4 TO
  7 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON 
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN 
  NATIONAL PARK 

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT 
  MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOW PACKED 
  ROADWAYS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. FOR THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ013-037-131200-
/O.UPG.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.W.0004.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
237 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM PST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEY
  LOCATIONS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR
  THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. STILL HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
  IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...
  CURRANT SUMMIT...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA... DIAMOND 
  VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
  NEVADA. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES. EXPECT SNOW
  PACKED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES BEGINNING MONDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. FOR THE LATEST
ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ034-131200-
/O.UPG.KLKN.WS.A.0002.120213T1500Z-120214T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WW.Y.0006.120213T1800Z-120214T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS
237 PM PST SUN FEB 12 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM
PST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM
PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE
  LOWER TO MID ELEVATION AREAS...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE
  RIDGELINES. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
  HALF OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS...AND HEAVIEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
  AREAS.

* TIMING: HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON 
  PASS 

* IMPACTS: EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
  BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO WINTRY CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE
LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

ROOD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 11, 2:09 PM PST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 2:09 PM PST, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED HIGHWAY NUMBERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
209 PM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. AS THE
OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN BEGINS TO GET MORE INTERESTING...THE NEXT
SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HEAVIER SNOWS ARE
EXPECTED FROM EARLY MONDAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. VIS SAT STARTING TO SHOW A CU
FIELD SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA/NYE/WHITE PINE. LAPS FIELDS
SHOW INCREASE OF LOCAL CAPES TO OVER 300. ALSO...BROAD WEAK THETA E
RIDGE EXTENDS INTO SOUTHERN CWA AREAS. UPPER LOW OFF SOCAL IS STILL
DIGGING SOUTH ALONG COAST AND HAS NOT YET TURNED EAST. EURO/GFS BOTH
HAVE IT JUST INLAND MID DAY SATURDAY. SO THEY ARE BOTH BEING A BIT
PROGRESSIVE AND A LITTLE NORTH OF ITS ACTUAL POSITION. IF IT
CONTINUES FURTHER SOUTH AND THEN TURNS EAST...THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT
PRODUCE THE SNOW WE HAVE FORECAST AT THIS TIME IN CENTRAL AND
EASTERN NEVADA. IT COULD STILL TURN EAST AND THEN RE-CURVE NORTHEAST
AND VERIFY. WAITING...

ALOFT...A BROAD JET STREAK IS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW AND WILL
DRIFT EAST ACCORDING TO THE MODELS AND BE OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRAS
BY ABOUT 06Z SUNDAY...PERFECT TIMING FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY...WHICH IS VALID FROM 06Z THROUGH 20Z SUNDAY.
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AND DECENT UPPER DYNAMICS
AND DEVELOPING COLD AIR ADVECTION AT 700 MB...HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE
ADVISORY IN PLACE...WITH UPDATED PHRASING. SOME THUNDER MAY RUMBLE
IN THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BY THE VALID TIME OF THIS FORECAST
PACKAGE...EXPECT THAT TO HAVE DISSIPATED AS SURFACE TEMPS COOL AND
SUN ANGLE DROPS. ADVISORY IS VALID FOR ABOVE 6500 AS MUCH OF THE
AREA IS GOING TO START VERY WARM...AND LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION
BEHIND DEVELOPING FRONT WON'T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER DARK. BUT EVEN THE
VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 COULD SEE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
BY SUNDAY MID DAY.

SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY AS WEAK AND DIRTY SHORT RIDGE
MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE
NEXT UPPER LOW WILL BE MUCH STRONGER. MODELS HAVE REMAINED IN PRETTY
GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...AND SO
CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY HIGH. HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR NORTHERN NYE...SOUTHERN EUREKA/LANDER...WHITE PINE...AND
THE RUBY MOUNTAINS FROM 15Z MONDAY THROUGH 15Z TUESDAY.

LOOKS LIKE THE BEST TIME FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTHERN NYE/SOUTHERN EUREKA-LANDER...
MOVING TO MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE WHITE
PINE/RUBIES. THIS SYSTEM CLOSES A 500 MB LOW OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA
WITH 90 METER AGL WINDS SHOWING AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF FROM
SOUTHERN NEVADA UP INTO NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS WILL TEND TO FORCE
FEED MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL NEVADA CONVERGENCE ZONE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. HAVE NOT DELINEATED ANY ELEVATION CUTOFF FOR THIS WATCH AS IT
LOOKS LIKE THE VALLEYS WILL ALSO GET A FEW INCHES AND THE MOUNTAINS
SEVERAL INCHES TO OVER A FOOT IN SELECT UPSLOPE AREAS. IMPACTED
AREAS WILL BE U.S. HIGHWAYS 6...50...AND 93...AND STATE HIGHWAYS 305
AND 376.

EVEN LATER TUESDAY AS THE LOW PULLS OUT AND SHORT RIDGING SETS IN
AGAIN...TRAJECTORIES WILL KEEP 700 MB TEMPS AROUND -10C AND SURFACE
HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOW 30S IN MOST PLACES...WITH LOW 40S IN
THE FAR SOUTH AND IN THE NORTHWEST OUT OF THE CLOUDS.

FOR MORE IMPACT STATEMENTS...SEE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND THE
WINTER STORM WATCH. BB

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. GFS AND ECMWF
MODELS SHOWING SIZABLE DISCREPANCIES IN THE FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...DURING WHICH TIME BOTH MODELS SUGGEST A LOW
DROPPING THROUGH THE REGION. GFS HAS THE LOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA 12Z WEDNESDAY...WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE ECMWF HAS THE
LOW CENTERED OVER EASTERN OREGON. BY 00Z FRIDAY THE MODELS COME INTO
DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER NORTHERN
BAJA. WENT WITH A ROUGHLY 50 50 BLEND OF THE TWO MODELS FOR NOW FOR
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND AMOUNTS
OF ANY QPF DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BOTH MODELS SHOWING DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING
THE CWA DRY FRIDAY...WHILE THE GFS MODEL ONLY HINTING AT A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LIGHT MT SNOW OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA. COULD SEE
ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST NEXT WEEKEND...HOWEVER
TOO EARLY TO HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN THE DAY SIX TO SEVEN TIME-FRAME
WHEN MODELS HAVE SUCH A LARGE DISCREPANCY EARLY ON.

&&

.AVIATION...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON
WILL LEAD TO SOME CUMULUS CLOUD BUILD-UPS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FRONT SETS UP
BETWEEN ROUGHLY KTPH AND KELY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWER
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER IN THE EVENING.
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TONIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL
NEVADA. KELY COULD SEE SOME LIFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VIS SENSOR AT
KELY IS CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL...AS SUCH WILL APPEND AMD NOT
SKED TO THE KELY TAF.

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST
SUNDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE
COUNTY.

&&

98/96/96
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 3:09 AM PST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
309 AM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

NVZ035-121115-
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
309 AM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BEGINS. THE
FIRST OF SEVERAL PACIFIC STORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE VALLEYS WITH LITTLE
ACCUMULATION UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN A COUPLE INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE IN
THE VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ABOVE 6500 FEET. THERE MAY
BE A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ANOTHER 2 OR 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ABOVE 6500 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER...COLDER
AND STRONGER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

NVZ013-121115-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
309 AM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TODAY AS THE FIRST OF
SEVERAL PACIFIC STORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE VALLEYS WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION
UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN A COUPLE INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE ON HIGHWAY
OVERPASSES...MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. THERE MAY SOME THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY. ANOTHER...COLDER AND
STRONGER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

NVZ030>034-036-037-121115-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
309 AM PST SAT FEB 11 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TODAY AS THE FIRST OF
SEVERAL PACIFIC STORMS IMPACTS THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE RAIN AND SNOW FOR THE VALLEYS WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY. ANOTHER...COLDER AND
STRONGER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Elko, NV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 3:23 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLKNWhite Pine30 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.