Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka
- When
- April 19, 7:00 PM PST to April 20, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 19 to 20, 2001
A storm system dumped around 2 feet of new snow at the Dorsey Basin Snotel in the East Humboldt Range; 18 inches of new snow at the Green Mountain Snotel in the Ruby mountains; and 10 inches of new snow at the Lamoille Canyon Snotel. Jarbidge reported 9 inches of new snow from this storm; Austin 7 inches; and Emigrant Pass, along interstate 80 in northern Eureka county, reported 8 inches of new…
Where it happened
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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 storm system dumped around 2 feet of new snow at the Dorsey Basin Snotel in the East Humboldt Range; 18 inches of new snow at the Green Mountain Snotel in the Ruby mountains; and 10 inches of new snow at the Lamoille Canyon Snotel. Jarbidge reported 9 inches of new snow from this storm; Austin 7 inches; and Emigrant Pass, along interstate 80 in northern Eureka county, reported 8 inches of new snow.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 19, 1:00 PM PST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 1:00 PM PST, 6 hours before
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT THU APR 19 2001 SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNSETTLED WEATHER...LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DRIER AND WARMER WILL BE THE TREND FOR NEXT WEEK. SHORT TERM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND CWFA TODAY. NO REPORTS OF ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION. SURFACE TEMPERATURES STILL RATHER WARM IN THE REGION. H7 TEMPS BEGIN LOWERING THIS EVENING WITH COLD AIR FILTERING DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. H7 TEMPS NOT AS COLD AS PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. MOST LOCATIONS WILL ONLY HOVER AROUND 30 DEGREES TONIGHT. SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 6000 FEET...SO LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED MOST AREAS. WILL WORD FORECAST TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE MORE ACCUMULATION IN EAST CENTRAL WHERE MOST OF THE DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LF QUAD OF H3 JET MAX WILL BE CONCENTRATED. CYCLONIC CURVATURE AT THE NOSE OF THE JET SHOULD INDUCE MORE SHOWERS UP NORTH ALSO. WORDING A LESS STRONGLY UP NORTH BECAUSE OF THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF JET BEYOND EVENING HOURS. LONG TERM...EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS MUCH DRIER WITH SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE HANGING AROUND INTO SUNDAY. SLIGHT CHANCE SHOULD SUFFICE FOR THAT DAY...DRY WORDING FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. .EKO...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET TONIGHT FOR ZONES 31-37. WHITWORTH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, N Lander & N Eureka
- When
- April 19, 7:00 PM PST to April 20, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- N Lander & N Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM PST to April 20, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.294, -115.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM PST to April 20, 4:00 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)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, April 19, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, April 19, 2001
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, April 19, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 19 to 21, 2001
- High Wind in Arizona, April 19, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, April 19 to 20, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, April 19, 2001
- High Wind in Virginia, April 19, 2001
- Wildfire in New York, April 19, 2001
- Hail in Oregon, April 19, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, April 19 to 20, 2001
More
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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: 5239005, 5239008, 5239007, 5239006.