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 6, 4:40 AM PST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
440 AM PST TUE FEB 6 2001
SYNOPSIS...A VIGOROUS UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL DROP
INTO CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT THEN INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOHAVE DESERT
FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER AIR AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SPREADING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DISCUSSION...THE MUCH ANTICIPATED SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY JUST OFF THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST AND WAS WELL INITIALIZED BY BOTH THE ETA AND
AVN AND THE 12 HOUR FORECAST BY BOTH MODELS IS QUITE CLOSE TO THE
OBSERVED POSITION ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. UPWARD FORCING EVIDENT OVER
NORTHERN NEVADA BY RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND GOOD
COLD AIR ADVECTION CAN BE SEEN AS COLD AIR CUMULUS FIELD PROGRESSES
DOWN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. GIVEN STRONG THERMAL GRADIENT IN
PLACE WITH WARM SPELL OVER THE SOUTHWEST THE PAST FEW DAYS...STRONG WINDS
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM A PRETTY SURE BET...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOHAVE
DESERT. ISSUED WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ETA DEPICTS A STRONG SURFACE
LOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
WHICH WOULD FAVOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES. EVEN THOUGH MODELS DON'T
INDICATE AS MUCH WIND UP NORTH TODAY...WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED
CLOSELY. THE 06Z ETA SOLUTION INDICATED THE UPPER LOW WOULD BE A
LITTLE SLOWER AND FARTHER WEST THAN THE 00Z MODELS. THIS WOULD BE
MORE FAVORABLE FOR PRECIP IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND THE 06Z ETA QPF
FORECASTS REFLECT THIS. OPTED NOT TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES IN PRECIP
WORDING FOR WEDNESDAY UNTIL ANOTHER MODEL RUN LENDS CONFIDENCE. IN
ANY CASE...THE OVERLAND TRAJECTORY SHOULD KEEP MOISTURE QUITE
LIMITED AND THE MOUNTAINS STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING MEASURABLE
AMOUNTS. TEMPS DROP DRAMATICALLY WEDNESDAY AS EXPECTED.
A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS THE MRF AND ECMWF AGREE IN
A DEEPER TROUGH OVER THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR A CHANCE OF
PRECIP IN THE NORTHERN HALF AND CONTINUED COOL AND BREEZY CONDITIONS
IN THE SOUTH. BEYOND THAT...THE TWO SOLUTIONS DIVERGE WITH THE MRF
KEEPING A TROUGH IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY. KEPT LAST COUPLE DAYS ON
SAME TREND AS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT.
ADAIR
.LAS...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
RNONPWLAS FOR 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 across portions of southern Nevada. The Mt. Charleston Ski Lodge reported 16 to 18 inches of new snow in just under 24 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, 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: 5232797.