1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 7, 1:03 AM PST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WATCH/ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 AM PDT FRI APR 6 2001 SYNOPSIS...A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH NEVADA OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SNOW TO MOST LOCATIONS. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONDITIONS UNSETTLED THROUGH TUESDAY. SHORT TERM...STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW EVIDENT ON IR IMAGERY ATTM NOW ENTERING PAC NW STATES. EXTENSIVE SOUTHWARD TROFFING THROUGH NEVADA. BROAD MOISTURE TAP FROM SOUTH MOVING OVER STATE WITH SOME OF IT GETTING SQUEEZED OUT OVER THE SIERRAS IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. DEVELOPING BAND OF SHOWERS ENTERED ELKO AREA APPROXIMATELY 0715Z THIS MORNING. WITH DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVER CWFA...PROBABLY WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MOST ENERGY WILL PROBABLY BE CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF CWFA FOR SATURDAY AS SPEED MAX ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE TROF. A FEW VORT MAXES GET SPUN UP NORTH ACROSS CWFA SO WILL NEED TO WORD FORECAST STRONGER IN EAST CENTRAL. SNOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SHOULD BE MET FOR ALL EXCEPT HUMBOLDT COUNTY ON SATURDAY. THINKING NOW...DROP THE WATCH IN WHITE PINE COUNTY...ISSUE SNOW ADVISORIES ZONES 31-32 AND 34-37 WITH ABOVE-5500FT WORDING IN ZONES 32 AND 36. SUNDAY SHOULD SEE A TREND TOWARD LOWER POPS AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO EXIT REGION. LONG TERM...DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF HANGS OVER GREAT BASIN AREA THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE POSITIVELY-TILTING AND EJECTING TO THE EAST. RIDGIN[G ATTEMPTS TO MOVE IN. AVN/MRF AGREE TO DRY THINGS OUT AFTER TUESDAY...WILL GO WITH THIS SCENARIO IN ALL ZONES. .EKO...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY NVZ031-032-034>037. WHITWORTH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
10 inches of new snow fell near Bob Scott Summit along highway 50 near Austin. 12 inches fell near Eureka.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, April 2001
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: 5239004.