A slow moving storm system brought significant snow to portions of northeast Nevada.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A slow moving storm system brought significant snow to portions of northeast Nevada.
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 Mar 26, 2:00 PM PST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 300 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE PICS SHOW STRONG UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE NRN CA COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT HAS MOVED ONSHORE INTO COASTAL NRN CA AND SWRN OREGON. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE HAS SLOWED DOWN PROGRESSION OF FRONT INTO NV BY ABOUT 3 HRS WHICH WOULD PUT FRONT PAST WMC AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING THEN EWD TO A WILDHORSE-ELKO-EUREKA LINE AROUND 3 AM AND FINALLY TO THE UT BORDER AT 8 AM. STRONG SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF FRONT PLUS 700 MB WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 50 KTS WILL WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY FOR WHITE PINE AND NRN NYE COUNTIES TONIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH QPF AMOUNTS HITTING ELKO COUNTY THE HARDEST WITH 1/2 TO AROUND 1 INCH BY THE TIME THE STORM IS OVER WITH EARLY WED MORNING. THIS IS DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE TUE AND TUE NIGHT AS SFC AND 700 MB LOW SET UP OVER NRN UT AND SERN ID. THEREFORE HAVE DECIDED TO CONVERT THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ELKO COUNTY(EXCEPT THE XTRM EAST AROUND WEST WENDOVER)TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR AS STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. QPF AMOUNTS OVER THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA ARE NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE GENERALLY BEING IN THE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH RANGE SO WILL GO WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THOSE AREAS(WHITE PINE, LANDER, EUREKA, AND NRN NYE COUNTIES). QPF AMOUNTS FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER 1/4 INCH SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF ANY WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. UPPER LOW FINALLY LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. WILL BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE MORNING NEAR THE UT BORDER OTHERWISE DRY WITH SLOWLY WARMING TEMPS AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THROUGH THURSDAY. CEC .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A RIDGE OVER NEVADA...A CLOSED LOW CENTERED OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA...AND NEAR ZONAL FLOW WITH A 100KT JET OVER THE PAC NW TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. ECMWF MODEL HOLDS THE RIDGE OVER NEVADA THROUGH SATURDAY...SUGGESTING DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. BY SUNDAY THE ECMWF TURNS THE FLOW ALOFT TO ZONAL OVER NEVADA AS THE LOW THAT WAS OVER BC THURSDAY NIGHT SLIDES SOUTH INTO THE PAC NW. THE GFS MODEL ON THE OTHER HAND HAS THE RIDGE OVER NEVADA BREAKING DOWN QUICKER AS IT BRINGS THE LOW FROM BC SOUTH TOWARD NEVADA WITH SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN NEVADA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASED POPS UP TO 10 PERCENT OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN ALSO ALONG NORTHEASTERN NEVADA AS FAR SOUTH AS THE GREAT BASIN PARK SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. FOR MONDAY INCREASES POPS OVER MOST OF THE CWA UP TO 10 PERCENT. WILL HOLD OFF RAISING POPS UP TO SLIGHT CHANCE PRECIP RANGE UNTIL MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT. ROOD && .AVIATION...WITH A SURFACE LOW DEEPENING OVER NE NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE SOUTHERLY WINDS...WHILE AREAS NORTHWEST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 4SM. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH AROUND 02Z. SHOULD SEE A FEW HOURS OF CALMER WEATHER LATER IN THE EVENING ACROSS NRN NV WITH WINDS WEAKENING BACK TO BREEZY BEFORE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRINGS RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION THAT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW NEVADA LATE THIS EVENING...AND PROGRESS SE ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO WESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING VFR AS CEILINGS LOWER AND SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. ROOD && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING TO 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING NVZ031-032-034. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TUESDAY MORNING TO 8 PM TUESDAY NIGHT NVZ013-036-037. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING TO 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING NVZ033-035. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR NVZ013-035.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 330 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2007 NVZ013-031>037-271200- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO 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 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2007 .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT BRINGING RAIN...CHANGING TO SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINTER STORM WARNINGS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES...AND WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS WWUS45 KLKN/RNOWSWLKN AND WWUS75 KLKN/RNONPWLKN FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER EASTERN NEVADA WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD FOR DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CEC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snotel sites reported between one and two feet of snow.
Six inches of snow was reported at Wild Horse Reservoir. In addition gusty winds caused up to 1 foot drifts across roadways.
Six to twelve inches of snow was reported in the Spring Creek area. The town of Lamoille reported nearly 16 inches of snow.
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: 14978, 14976, 14977.