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 22, 8:10 PM PST, 50 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 810 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2001 RADAR CURRENTLY INDICATES PATCHY LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE IN MODERATE SNOW. ALSO HAD REPORTS OF DENSE FOG EARLIER IN DIAMOND VALLEY. LATEST MODELS INDICATING SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT... WILL MAKE A FEW MINOR UPDATES TO EXISTING ZONES... PRIMARILY ADJUST POPS AND SNOW DURATION FIRST PERIOD. REST OF ZONES LOOK GOOD. EKO...NONE. 95
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of new snow was reported in Austin.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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