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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 3:50 PM PST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 350 PM PST SUN FEB 25 2001 SYNOPSIS...WET AND COOL WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. DISCUSSION...KESX AND KEYX DOPPLER RADARS HAVE SHOWN AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION SPREADING IN FROM THE SOUTH...WITH GAUGES IN FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA STARTING TO MEASURE. OVERALL I LIKED THE AVN MODEL ALTHOUGH OVERALL MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS MAIN UPPER LOW CENTER STILL OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. FIRST SHORT WAVE PIVOTING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH PRESENTLY IS HELPING ENHANCE LIFT ALONG WARM FRONT. WIND FIELD DEPICTS WARM FRONT LIFTING AS FAR NORTH AS FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVIEST QPF AMOUNTS OCCURRING FOR LAS VEGAS SOUTH. DECIDED TO GO WITH A SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY...SRN NV AND INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA ABOVE 6500 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 4-8 INCHES ALTHOUGH FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS WITH EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW MAY LOCALLY RECEIVE MORE. ON MONDAY UPPER LOW STILL PROGGED TO BE OFF THE SRN CA COAST WITH TWO STRONG VORTICITY CENTERS PINWHEEL AROUND EACH OTHER. MODEL FAIRLY SLIGHTLY ON POSITION OF BEST CONVERGENCE AND LIFT ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH AVN SHIFTING THE BOUNDARY FURTHER NORTH INTO NEVADA. ETA KEEPS THE BOUNDARY FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH. SO AGAIN...DEPENDING ON WHERE CONVERGENCE AREA SETS UP HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR UNDER BOUNDARY. UPPER TROUGH WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH NORTHWEST AZ AND SRN NV STILL UNDER THE GUN. DRYING WILL OCCUR IN THE FAR NORTHWESTERN ZONES. FOR MID WEEK AVN NOW BREAKING MORE ENERGY OUT FROM THE NORTHERN STREAM MAINTAINING MEAN TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN. SYSTEM WILL ACT ON LINGER MOISTURE TO KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA INTO THURSDAY. WEAK RIDGE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY. THEN NEXT WEEKEND MRF SHOWING PLENTY OF OVERRUNNING FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES SOUTH WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SIERRA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA MOUNTAINS. .LAS...A SNOW ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RNOWSWLAS STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong Pacific storm system produced heavy snow to portions of southeast California and southern Nevada. Some 24 hour storm totals include: Mt. Charleston - 18 inches, Lee Canyon, NV - 18 inches, and Aspendell, CA - 26 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, February 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: 5232540.