A winter storm dumped heavy snow across central Nevada and in the Ruby Mountains.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm dumped heavy snow across central Nevada and in the Ruby Mountains.
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 7, 4:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 400 PM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA BY SUNDAY WITH NORTHERLY FLOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH FROM WESTERN CANADA BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A REINFORCING SHOT OF POLAR AIR BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...UPDATED ZONES TO ALLOW SNOW ADVISORY TO EXPIRE IN SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTY AND HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. && .PREV SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...CURRENT VISIBLE LOOP SHOWS OVERCAST CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH A CLEARING AREA IN NE NYE COUNTY. BELIEVE THIS IS THE GENERAL POSITION OF THE SURFACE LOW REDEVELOPING AS THE FIRST SURFACE LOW PUSHES WELL INTO UTAH. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE A LLVL ROTATION EAST OF TONOPAH WITH THE RADAR SHOWING ENHANCEMENT TO THE SE. LOW PRESSURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE UTAH BORDER INTO TONIGHT...WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DIGGING SOUTH INTO WRN NV BRINGING MORE COLDER AIR. LOCATIONS STILL IN THE WARM SECTOR...SUCH AS ELY WITH LATEST OBS FROM THE AIRPORT STILL REPORTING RAIN AT 1 PM...SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW ON THE NW SIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW...SO WILL LET THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING CONTINUE FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY...AND WILL WORD STATEMENT FOR SRN WHITE PINE COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE AREA...SUCH AS GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...WILL LIKELY SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW WITH MODEL QPF VALUES IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WHAT SRN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTY SAW LAST NIGHT WITH THE FIRST SURFACE LOW. WILL ALLOW SNOW ADVISORY FOR SRN LANDER/EUREKA AND HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR NRN NYE COUNTY EXPIRE ON TIME WITH ENERGY AND ACTIVITY TRANSLATING FURTHER SE OVER TIME. WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DIGGING SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW/RAIN SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF IT OVER NW NV...AND WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN A FEW OF THE VALLEY LOCATIONS AS THIS DISTURBANCES DIGS SOUTH...WITH THE MOUNTAINS RECEIVING ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES. KEPT HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS WITH MODELS SHOWING MODERATE QPF AND UPSLOPE FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO 700MB. STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY SUNDAY MORNING...EXCEPT XTRM SE WHITE PINE COUNTY WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOW MAINLY NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE SYSTEM INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH COLD TEMPS AND CLEARING CONDITIONS. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA AS A SYSTEM DIGS SOUTH FROM WESTERN CANADA...THEREFORE LOW TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY. GENERALLY KEPT HIGH AND LOW TEMPS BELOW MOS WITH SNOW COVERED CNTRL NV VALLEYS LOWER THAN THE SURROUNDING AREA. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW MUCH SNOW COVERS THE AREA AT THE END OF THE EVENT BEFORE ADJUSTING TEMPS FURTHER THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TT .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. EXTENDED FORECAST WILL START OUT WITH ANOTHER UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF WESTERN MT AND MAKING IT DOWN TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY 00Z WED. THIS LOW WILL BE MOVING THROUGH QUICKLY SO ANY PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. DID RAISE POPS INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE CATEGORY FOR MONDAY NIGHT BUT KEPT IT DRY BY TUESDAY. BEHIND THIS UPPER LOW...A SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER AREA BUT THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS VERY FAST AND HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD CWA WILL REMAIN IN NWLY FLOW WITH BEST MOISTURE NORTH OF AREA SO LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP IS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. TOUGHEST PART OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE TEMPERATURES WITH LINGERING SNOW COVER OVER SOME AREAS AND CLOUDS MOVING IN AND OUT. SOME MORNINGS COULD SEE BIG TEMPERATURE RANGES WITH SINGLE DIGITS(POSSIBLY SOME BELOW ZERO SOUTH) AND SOME TEENS OR EVEN 20S NORTH WHERE CLOUDS ARE MOST LIKELY AND THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW COVER. HIGHS DURING THE DAY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 20S AND 30S THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LIGHT WINDS AT THE SURFACE NOT ALLOWING MORNING INVERSIONS TO MIX OUT TOO WELL. JMG && .AVIATION...PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY WITH CEILINGS GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE 1500FT TO 2000FT RANGE. THERE WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1-3SM...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TONIGHT IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITE PINE AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES.... NVZ034 HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH 10 AM PST SATURDAY. NVZ035 HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH 4 AM PST SATURDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 330 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 NVZ013-030>037-081130- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 330 AM PST FRI DEC 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE REGION TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ELKO COUNTY AND ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. A COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT SATURDAY WITH PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME BELOW-ZERO OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE EXPERIENCED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A NORTHERLY FLOW REGIME SETS UP OVER THE STATE. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. LW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Sixteen inches of new snow was reported in Austin and 9 inches in Eureka.
Snotel sites in the Ruby Mountains reported 9 to 10 inches of new snow.
Heavy snow was reported across White Pine County. Snowfall reports included: 19 inches at Great Basin National Park, 11 inches at Ruth, and 5 inches in McGill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 64939, 64937, 64938.