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 Feb 19, 8:50 PM PST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 850 PM PST TUE FEB 19 2002 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM TONIGHT CONTINUES TO BE SNOW LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...WHITE PINE COUNTY ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE WHERE STRONGEST ACTIVITY LOCATED. HOWEVER...CURRENT IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWING CLOUD TOPS WARMING OVER CWA THIS EVENING. STILL PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS TO WORK WITH...SO WILL KEEP CURRENT SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALSO LATEST ETA CONTINUES TO SHOW GOOD UVV OVER MOST OF OF NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT. PLAN ON NO UPDATES. HARMER .EKO...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NVZ030-032 NVZ034 NVZ036-037
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Weather spotter in Ruth reported 6 inches of new snow fell overnight.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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