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 Sep 19, 8:27 AM PST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 927 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN NEVADA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TUESDAY. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS MOVING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TODAY AND WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY...BRINGING THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO MANY AREAS. A WARMING TREND DEVELOPS BY MIDWEEK...BUT MORNING LOWS WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .UPDATE...COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH ELKO THIS MORNING WITH SNOW FALLING AT 500O FEET. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT HIGHER POPS AND LOWER SNOW LEVELS. HAVE CHANGED WORDING TO SNOW ADVISORY TO HAVE ADVISORY FOR ABOVE 6000 FEET. EXPECT BEST CHANCE OF SNOW AMOUNTS ABOVE 7000 FEET AS GROUND STILL TOO WARM LOWER ELEVATIONS. WITH CLOUD COVER AND FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS AFTN...WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 33 MAY BE NEEDED TO BE KILLED BEFORE IT GETS STARTED. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHERN CWA SLIGHTLY WITH CLOUD COVER... PCPN AND COLD ADVECTION. WILL TOSS IN TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT AND LIS NEAR ZERO NYE COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY THIS AFTN HARMER && .PREV DISCUSSION...200 AM. PRECIPITATION WITH THE COLD FRONT LOOKS TO BE ON A NORTH/SOUTH LINE FROM AUSTIN TO WILDHORSE WITH LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT ON RADAR. LAST OBSERVATION FROM AWH OBSVR HAD 3/10THS QPF AT 06Z...SO THERE ARE SOME GOOD AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS BAND OF SHOWERS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING THE BACK SIDE OF SYSTEM VCNTY RNO WITH COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PUSHING INTO NRN CA AT THIS TIME. TEMPS WITH THIS COLD AIR IN THE MID 30S OVER SOUTHERN OREGON AND NRN CA. MODELS DOING WELL WITH PRECIP PLACEMENT AND QPF VALUES...COVERING ALL OF CWA BY THIS AFTN AT 00Z. MOS GUIDANCE SHOWING WINDS AT ENV KICKING UP AGAIN THIS AFTN...WITH NGM SHOWING NEAR 30KTS SUSTAINED. GFS AND ETA SHOWING NEAR 20 SUSTAINED FOR SAME PERIOD. WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY ONCE AGAIN FOR ENV THIS AFTN WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE. NEG 6C 700MB TEMPS MAKE THEIR WAY INTO NRN CWA AROUND 06Z TONIGHT WITH FREEZING LEVELS DOWN NEAR 5500FT. PRECIP WILL PROBABLY BE OVER BY THAT TIME EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ELKO AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. WILL BE ISSUING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE RUBIES FOR THIS AFTN AND EVENING AS COLD AIR SETTLES IN. LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 2-4 INCHES FOR THIS EVENT IN THE RUBIES TODAY. CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINS OVER THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT WRAP AROUND TUESDAY...BUT NOT READY TO JUMP ON IT YET. WILL SEE ANOTHER DAY BEFORE INTRODUCING ANY POPS IN THE GRIDS. GFS STILL SHOWING DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED...SO NO MAJOR CHANGES AFTER TUESDAY. CLAYCOMB && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NEVADA ZONES NVZ033 FROM 11 AM THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY. SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY...THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...NVZ031...NVZ032 AND NVZ034 THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 658 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004 NVZ013-030-035>037-201200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- WHITE PINE COUNTY- 658 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES... ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING THOUGH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE AND WARMING RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ031-032-034-201200- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 658 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAIN AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES... ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS TO THE RUBIES AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR VALLEY FLOORS THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR NORTHERN ELKO...SOUTHERN ELKO...THE RUBIES AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT WWUS45 FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE AND WARMING RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ033-201200- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 658 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEVADA A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT WWUS75 FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE AND WARMING RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GCC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Several Snotel sites above 7500 feet reported 4 to 7 inches of snow.
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