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 Dec 13, 9:00 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 900 PM PST THU DEC 13 2001 OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF OFFSHORE UPPER TROUGH ALREADY SPREADING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION HAS STARTED OUT AS RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS PER OBSERVATIONS AT WMC AND EKO BUT SHOULD TURN OVER TO SNOW SHORTLY. 00Z ETA/AVN STILL TAKE MAIN VORT MAX SOUTH ALONG THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THEN SWING IT EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA ON FRIDAY. WITH MAIN ENERGY FROM SYSTEM SKIRTING OUR AREA WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MEETING WINTER STORM CRITERIA OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER WITH A STRONG SURFACE GRADIENT DEVELOPING AND 700 MB WINDS IN THE 50-60 KT RANGE WILL CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SO THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES STILL LOOK GOOD. WILL LET MIDSHIFT DECIDE ON WHETHER TO COVERT WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WHITE PINE AND EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTIES OVER TO A WARNING OR AN ADVISORY AFTER LOOKING AT MORE DATA. UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA FRIDAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS ENDING IN THE EVENING AS TROUGH EXITS INTO UTAH. COLLINS EKO...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ZONES 30>32 34 36-37 WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY ZONE 35 AND ABOVE 5000 FT ZONE 33.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Wild Horse reported 9 inches of new snow and Tuscarora 8 inches.
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, December 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: 5275676.