1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:55 AM PST, 5 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
355 AM PDT SAT APR 7 2001
SYNOPSIS...A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA THIS
AFTERNOON PRODUCING MOUNTAIN SNOW...VALLEY RAIN AND VERY STRONG
WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM
WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS
AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SHOWERS TO SOUTH
CENTRAL NEVADA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASING THREAT OF RAIN
AND SNOW TO THE REGION AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
DISCUSSION...BUSY SHIFT WITH FULL FLEDGED WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE
FOR THE AREA. ETA/MSO-ETA HAD AN EXCELLENT INITIAL ANALYSIS AND WAS
GENERALLY FOLLOWED. HOWEVER...I BELIEVE THE FORCING SHOWN BY THE ETA
IS ON THE WEAK SIDE AND PROBABLY LEAN MORE TOWARD THE DEEP COUPLING
THE AVN SHOWS. WITH THIS SAID...WILL UPGRADE WINTER STORM WATCHES TO
WARNINGS FOR NE NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP THERE
THIS MORNING AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING
OVERNIGHT. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP
RANGE LOOKS REAL GOOD WITH VERY STRONG DYNAMICS THIS AFTERNOON AND
STEEP LAPSE RATES. WILL ADD IN THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE AREA INCLUDING LAS VEGAS VALLEY. STEEP LAPSE
RATE/LI GRADIENT OVER US BUT BELIEVE LOW IF NOT NEGATIVE LIS
COMBINED WITH STRONG DYNAMICS WARRANT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS. WILL
ALSO HAVE TO ISSUE WIND ADVISORIES FOR ALL OF MOJAVE DESERT DUE TO
STRONG DEVELOPING GRADIENT AND VERY STRONG 850-700 WIND SPEEDS (30
TO 40 KNOTS). ALREADY SEEING SOME WIND SENSORS IN THE MOUNTAINS
GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THIS BRINGS UP POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS. WILL NOT ISSUE A BLIZZARD
WARNING AT THIS TIME BUT WILL INDICATE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND
CONSIDERABLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS SNOW DEVELOPS. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE
SIERRA TODAY ALSO LOOKS OK BUT MSO-ETA STILL INSISTING THAT QPF
AMOUNTS WILL BE MARGINAL ON THIS SIDE OF THE CREST. HAVE TO BELIEVE
THAT AMOUNT OF FORCING AND NOSE OF APPROACHING 140 KNOT JET WILL
PROVIDE ENOUGH DYNAMICS TO POUND THE AREA FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 6 HOURS
AT SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT WITH A VERY BRIEF
BREAK ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF NEXT DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. A FEW SHOWERS
SHOULD ALREADY RETURN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA SUNDAY AFTERNOON
LEADING TO MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WILL
KEEP IDEA OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ON MONDAY AND POSSIBLY LINGERING
INTO TUESDAY MORNING. REST OF EXTENDED DOESNT LOOK AT NICE AS
YESTERDAY WITH THE MRF NOW SHOWING A GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING LOW OFF
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BEFORE MOVING
INLAND. WONT BITE TOTALLY INTO THIS SCENARIO BUT WILL BACK OFF ON
WARMING TREND IN THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME. THE NEW CANADIAN
MODEL SHOWS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING DOWN FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY.
DEFINITELY SOME UNCERTAINTY IN DAYS 6 AND 7. SKRBAC
.LAS...A VARIETY OF WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES COVER THE FORECAST AREA.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RNOWSWLAS AND RNONPWLAS FOR MORE
INFORMATION.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A late season winter storm produced heavy snow over portions of southern Nevada. Lee Canyon near Mt. Charleston received 14 inches of new snow in about 20 hours.
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
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