Blizzard, N Elko Cnty
- When
- December 15, 12:05 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard and High Wind in Nevada, December 15, 2000
A strong cold front moving across northern Nevada produced a wind gust to 67 mph at a remote sensor in Paradise Valley in Humboldt county and a gust to 61 mph at a remote sensor 18 miles south of Denio also in Humboldt county. As this cold front moved into Elko county it produced winds around 50 mph which caused areas of near zero visibility in snow and blowing snow.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A strong cold front moving across northern Nevada produced a wind gust to 67 mph at a remote sensor in Paradise Valley in Humboldt county and a gust to 61 mph at a remote sensor 18 miles south of Denio also in Humboldt county. As this cold front moved into Elko county it produced winds around 50 mph which caused areas of near zero visibility in snow and blowing snow. These strong winds caused damage to a garage roof in Currie in southeast Elko county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 blizzard, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Sw & Sc Elko
- When
- December 15, 2:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sw & Sc Elko forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
High Wind, Sw & Sc Elko
- When
- December 15, 2:00 AM PST to 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sw & Sc Elko forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- December 15, 3:30 AM PST to 4:30 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 15, 2000
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, December 15, 2000
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 15 to 16, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in Missouri, December 15, 2000
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Illinois, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Montana, December 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5166469, 5166470, 5166554, 5166553.