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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Elko, NV

April 24, 20144 counties in Nevada

NWS Elko, NV issued this winter storm warning at Apr 24, 2014, 2:20 PM PDT for 4 counties in Nevada. It took effect at Apr 25, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2014, 2:20 PM PDT (21:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2014, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
In force
30 hr
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 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 910 Ese Mcgill, NVBERRY CREEK SNOTEL - ELEVATION 9100 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 911 W Baker, NVWHEELER PEAK SNOTEL - ELEVATION 10147 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 104 Ssw Eureka, NVVACARRO SPRING SNOTEL - ELEVATION 7860 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 107 Ene Eureka, NVDIAMOND PEAK SNOTEL - ELEVATION 8000 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 108 Ese Jiggs, NVGREEN MOUNTAIN SNOTEL - ELEVATION 8000 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 1112 Se Jiggs, NVCORRAL CANYON SNOTEL - ELEVATION 8500 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 1313 Ssw Ely, NVWARD MOUNTAIN SNOTEL - ELEVATION 9200 FT.
Apr 26, 6:00 AM PDTHEAVY SNOW 136 Nnw Kingston, NVBIG CREEK SUMMIT SNOTEL - ELEVATION 8700 FT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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 2014-04-24Temperature 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 2014-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 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.

890 
WWUS45 KLKN 242120
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
220 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014

...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO NEVADA ON FRIDAY
AND RAPILY STRENGTHEN OVER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL WORK IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER BASINS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN NEVADA OVER FRIDAY NIGHT....

NVZ034-251130-
/O.UPG.KLKN.WS.A.0002.140425T1200Z-140426T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.W.0004.140425T1200Z-140426T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS
220 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO
11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE RUBY MOUNTIANS.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE PEAKING
  IN INTENSITY FRIDAY NIGHT.

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

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD EXPECT MID-WINTER
  CONDITIONS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF HEADING INTO THE HIGH
  COUNTRY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON SECRET AND HARRISON
  PASS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM. 

&&

$$

NVZ035-037-251130-
/O.UPG.KLKN.WS.A.0002.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.WS.W.0004.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
220 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
5 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18
  IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY EVENING
  WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.  

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN 
  NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT... EUREKA...DIAMOND 
  VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT 

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED AFTER
  SUNSET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE
  US HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR AND OTHER ROADWAYS NEAR
  AUSTIN...EUREKA...AND ELY. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW
  AND BLOWING SNOW. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM. 

&&

$$

NVZ039-251130-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
220 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM
PDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY
  EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TO EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT.

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE FALLING BELOW
  FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS
  ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 93.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE
  TEMPERATURES DROP AND ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGEST IMPACTS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 ARE EXPECTED
  ON PEQUOP SUMMIT. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO 

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. 

&&

$$

NVZ038-251130-
/O.NEW.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING CREEK
220 PM PDT THU APR 24 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM
PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 5500 FEET.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY EVENING...WITH THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT.  

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPRING CREEK...LAMOILLE...LEE...JIGGS.  

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE FALLING BELOW
  FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT.   

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING...BEFORE COLDER
  TEMPERATURES ALLOW SNOW TO BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS
  BY MIDNIGHT.  

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO 

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. 

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
754 
WWUS45 KLKN 250945
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
245 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO NEVADA TODAY AND
STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL WORK IN ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER
BASINS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA...

NVZ034-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.W.0004.140425T1200Z-140426T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS
245 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD EXPECT MID-WINTER 
  CONDITIONS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF HEADING INTO THE HIGH 
  COUNTRY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON SECRET AND 
  HARRISON PASS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ035-037-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.W.0004.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
245 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 
  18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING WITH
  THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED AFTER
  SUNSET TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE US HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR AND
  OTHER ROADWAYS NEAR AUSTIN... EUREKA...AND ELY. EXPECT REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS AND MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ039-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
245 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS
  EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S FRIDAY EVENING...FALLING TO FREEZING
  AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS
  ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 93.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS ON
  AREA ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGEST IMPACTS ALONG
  INTERSTATE 80 ARE EXPECTED ON PEQUOP SUMMIT.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$

NVZ038-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING CREEK
245 AM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 5500 FEET.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S THIS EVENING...FALLING TO FREEZING BY
  MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WESTERLY 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. COLDER TEMPERATURES
  WILL ALLOW SNOW TO BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$

LW
822 
WWUS45 KLKN 252132
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
232 PM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO NEVADA TODAY AND
STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL WORK IN ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
HIGHER BASINS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA...

NVZ034-261030-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS
232 PM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 7000 FEET...WITH 10 TO 18
  INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING
  OFF SATURDAY MORNING.  

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD EXPECT MID-WINTER 
  CONDITIONS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF HEADING INTO THE HIGH 
  COUNTRY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON SECRET AND 
  HARRISON PASS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ035-037-261030-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.W.0004.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
232 PM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 
  18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN AUSTIN BY 6PM...EUREKA
  BY 9PM...AND ELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED AFTER 
  SUNSET TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE US HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR 
  AND OTHER ROADWAYS NEAR AUSTIN... EUREKA...AND ELY. EXPECT 
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS AND MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ039-261030-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
232 PM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS 
  EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT 
  THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S FRIDAY EVENING...FALLING TO FREEZING 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS 
  ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 93.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS ON 
  AREA ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGEST IMPACTS
  ALONG INTERSTATE 80 ARE EXPECTED ON PEQUOP SUMMIT. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$

NVZ038-261030-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.140426T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING CREEK
232 PM PDT FRI APR 25 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT
SATURDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM PDT SATURDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 5500 FEET.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH 
  THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES...MID-30S THIS EVENING...FALLING TO FREEZING BY 
  MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WESTERLY 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. COLDER
  TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW SNOW TO BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA 
  ROADWAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$
133 
WWUS45 KLKN 260808
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
108 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...A STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
WET SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IMPACTS
FROM THIS WINTER STORM ARE EXPECTED TO END BY LATE MORNING, WHEN
ROADWAYS BECOME WET.

NVZ034-035-037-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
108 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11
AM PDT THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 
  18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED THROUGH THIS
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER SUMMITS AND PASSES. HEAVY SNOW
  WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME WET BY
  THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPS AND MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS CALL 511 OR VISIT WWW.NVROADS.COM.

&&

$$

NVZ039-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
108 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS 
  ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 93.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON
  PASSES AND SUMMITS ABOVE 5500 FEET. THE LARGEST IMPACTS ON
  INTERSTATE 80 ARE EXPECTED ON PEQUOP SUMMIT.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$

NVZ038-261800-
/O.CON.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING CREEK
108 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING ABOVE 5500 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 5500 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 5500 FEET.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS
  MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE
  THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WESTERLY 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW OR SLUSH ACCUMULATIONS ON
  AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY PASSES AND SUMMITS. SLOW DOWN AND
  ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR COMMUTING THIS MORNING. IMPACTS WILL END
  LATE THIS MORNING AS ROADWAYS BECOME WET.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=EKO

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.

&&

$$

TURNER
383 
WWUS45 KLKN 261742
WSWLKN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1042 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014


NVZ034-035-037-261845-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SECRET PASS...
LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...EUREKA...
DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT
1042 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. 

SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE AREA AND LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

NVZ039-261845-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT
1042 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE AREA AND LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

NVZ038-261845-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140426T1800Z/
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING CREEK
1042 AM PDT SAT APR 26 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
ABOVE 5500 FEET...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5500 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM
PDT THIS MORNING. 

SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE AREA AND LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

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 Apr 24, 2:13 AM PDT, 12 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:13 AM PDT, 12 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
213 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE
SILVER STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO
AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY...THEN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD TO ALL OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA BY FRIDAY. RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW
BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE AND VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING IN
THE 30S FOR THE MOST PART WITH A FEW ANOMALOUSLY WARMER SPOTS. IR
SATELLITE IMAGERY REVEALS INCREASING CLOUDINESS WORKING IN FROM THE
WEST THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A BROAD LOW AMPLITUDE PROGRESSIVE
RIDGE. KLRX AND KRGX RADARS SHOW SHOWERS MOVING INTO WESTERN
NEVADA AT THIS TIME AS WELL AND...WITH THE INCREASE IN
CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN NEVADA WILL BE PREVENTED
FROM DROPPING MUCH FURTHER...LIKELY REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING IN
MANY LOCALES. IT IS COLDER AND DRIER IN CENTRAL
NEVADA...ESPECIALLY WHITE PINE COUNTY...THUS TEMPERATURES WILL
STILL FALL TO FREEZING. THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN THROUGH SATURDAY IS
DEPICTED SIMILARLY BY THE MODELS HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL HAVING
DIFFICULTY WITH TIMING OF THE ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION
WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM BEGINNING TODAY.

TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
STATE. THE LOW AMPLITUDE OF THE PROGRESSIVE RIDGE WILL ALLOW DIRT
TO CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA...THUS CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80
TODAY...BEGINNING THIS MORNING. THE ARW MODEL IS THE ONLY ONE PICKING UP
ON THE CURRENT AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO WESTERN NEVADA AT THIS
TIME. EXTENDED POPS FURTHER SOUTH TO CATCH ALL OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY
AND PART OF NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES THIS
MORNING...AND THE RIDGE SHOULD NUDGE MOISTURE A TAD NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE STATE THIS
EVENING...SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT FURTHER SOUTH ONCE AGAIN
AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH TO NEAR THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTLINE. AS THE RIDGE CREST MOVES THROUGH
TODAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 7500-8500 FEET...THEN LOWER TO
6500-7000 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE
VALLEYS IS NOT EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REACH
INTO THE 60S. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE 30S TO AROUND
40 DEGREES.

FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
DROP DOWN ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. STILL CONCERNED ON TIMING OF
THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. THE ECMWF IS HOLDING BACK UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON VS. THE MORE AMBITIOUS GFS SOLUTION DISPLAYING COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF QPF FRIDAY MORNING. JET ENERGY ALSO LOOKS SIMILAR
HOWEVER FURTHER DIGGING COULD COMPLICATE THE INITIAL SURGE OF
MOISTURE. THE ECMWF NAM AND GFS MODELS ALL SHOW A 150 KT JET CORE
OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST FRIDAY HOWEVER THE H3 JET FLOW IS
IMBALANCED BY AS MUCH AS 40 KT FAVORING THE WEST SIDE AT LEAST
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL SLUG OF
PACIFIC MOISTURE TO BE SCOOPED UP AND SLUNG OVER THE STATE BY THE
TIME THE UPPER LOW RE-CENTERS NEAR SAN FRANCISCO AT THE END OF THE
DAY FRIDAY. STRONG DIFFLUENCE ALOFT IS DEPICTED OVER NORTHERN
NEVADA ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEADING 110 KT JET FLOW AND MODEL QPF
IS SIGNIFICANT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST AREAS IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WHITE PINE
COUNTY AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES OVER EASTERN NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS
WILL LIKELY HOLD ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
HOWEVER MOUNTAINS WILL BEGIN TO PILE UP SOME SNOW AND ANY
SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTION COULD PERIODICALLY DRIVE SNOW LEVELS DOWN
TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AS THE AIR MASS COOLS. A WINTER STORM WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 50 ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TO
AROUND 60 DEGREES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.

MIDNIGHT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD BEGIN
REACHING VALLEY FLOORS AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY. SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
LANDER...SOUTHERN EUREKA AND WHITE PINE COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...AND THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO THE MID 30S. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 40S.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY.

DRY WEATHER NEXT WEEK WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.

SUNDAY...SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN
NEVADA, AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE SKIPS OVER THE TOP OF DEVELOPING HIGH
PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND
INSIGNIFICANT, MAINLY NORTH OF I-80. STILL CHILLY FOR LATE APRIL,
WITH CLOUDS HOLDING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S.

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC, SW OF LOS ANGELES
MONDAY, WILL AMPLIFY STRONGLY ALONG THE WEST COAST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A VERY DRY PATTERN FOR NEVADA, UNDER DRY COOL
N/NW FLOW. PW FALLS WELL BELOW 1/4 INCH BY WEDNESDAY, AND CLOUDS
WILL BE HARD TO FIND BY THE LAST DAY OF APRIL. DID SLOW DOWN THE
EXPECTED WARMING TREND NEXT WEEK, AS NORTHERLY FLOW KEEPS
TEMPERATURES IN CHECK. BT

&&

.AVIATION...VFR THROUGH 00Z FRI, WITH OVC CIGS OF 5-10K FT. EXPECT
ISOLATED -SHRA TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH 00Z. AFTER
18Z, SW WINDS OF 15-25 KTS AT KWMC AND KEKO, AND 10-20 KTS AT KELY
AND KTPH. EXPECT SCT -SHRA TO AFFECT KWMC AND KEKO 00-12Z FRI.

NUMEROUS -SHRA AND ISOLATED THUNDER ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
ESPECIALLY KEKO AND KELY. VFR WILL PREVAIL, BUT BRIEF MVFR CIGS ARE
POSSIBLE. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED 00-18Z SAT, WITH IFR
CIGS/VIS MOST LIKELY AT KEKO AND KELY SATURDAY MORNING. BT

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...
WHITE PINE COUNTY.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE.

&&

92/99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:14 AM PDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
214 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014

NVZ030-031-033>041-250915-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
214 AM PDT THU APR 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO DROP DOWN FROM THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION. SHOWERS WILL MAINLY BE NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 TODAY AND THEN MOVE FURTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE STATE FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BRING VALLEY RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW FRIDAY. AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE
VALLEY FLOORS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AND
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NEVADA AND THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. PLEASE SEE
PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LW

The office that day

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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.