A winter storm brought strong winds and heavy snow to northern Nevada. Three to seven inches of new snow was reported across northern Nevada.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm brought strong winds and heavy snow to northern Nevada. Three to seven inches of new snow was reported across northern Nevada. In addition strong winds with the storm caused considerable blowing and drifting of the snow. Snow drifts up to four feet were reported in Spring Creek and Ryndon.
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 Jan 31, 1:30 AM PST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEVADA STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A POTENTIALLY BIG SNOW EVENT COMING UP STARTING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NV. 100+KT JET WILL BE DIVING DOWN AND CROSSING NORTHERN NV BY THIS EVENING WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. COMBINE THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL FORCING WITH ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT AND INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. EXPECT SNOW WILL ALREADY BE GOING BY 12Z OVER WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY WITH STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION WHICH WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. BY 00Z EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z ESPECIALLY OVER MUCH OF ELKO COUNTY. COULD SEE SOME PLACES PICK UP 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SREF SHOWING LARGE AREA OF ELKO COUNTY RECEIVING OVER 0.25 INCHES AND A FAIRLY LARGE AREA WITH >25% OF OVER A HALF INCH. GFS QPF VERY CLOSE TO SREF MEAN. WILL UPGRADE WATCH AREA TO WINTER STORM WARNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES MOUNTAINS. WILL PUT SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES AND WHITE PINE COUNTY INTO A SNOW ADVISORY FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH 3 TO 6 IN THE MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE NORTH THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL SWITCH MORE WESTERLY WITH COLD FRONT TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...POSSIBLY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF BY 12Z-15Z ACROSS NORTHERN NV AND WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. A BREAK IN THE ACTION EXPECTED THEN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY. CLOUDS SHOULD HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT FROM BOTTOMING OUT. HIGHS DURING THE DAY GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20S AND 30S. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL START AFFECTING WESTERN ZONES SAT AFTERNOON BUT THE BRUNT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL OCCUR IN THE FOLLOWING COUPLE OF PERIODS. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. MODELS SHOWING ANOTHER SYSTEM DIVING DOWN INTO THE CWA SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW. JET DYNAMICS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY AS A 110+ KT JET IS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. GFS SHOWING THE STRONGEST DYNAMICS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA ATTM. WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES TO GRIDS AS THIS COULD CHANGE WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS. MODERATE AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ATTM. A QUICK RIDGE WILL BUILD IN BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING ALLOWING TEMPS TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT NIGHT. THIS RIDGE QUICKLY GIVES WAY TO ANOTHER SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT. NOT EXPECTING AS MUCH ACCUMULATION AS THE MAIN JET ENERGY IS PROGGED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE GREAT BASIN. && .AVIATION...CEILINGS WILL DETERIORATE TODAY AS ANOTHER WINTER STORM APPROACHES NORTHERN NEVADA FROM THE WEST. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MIDDAY...SNOW EXCEPT STARTING AS RAIN IN VALLEYS BELOW 5000 FT MSL. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO MVFR THIS AFTERNOON AND IFR THIS EVENING AS SNOW SPREADS SOUTH INTO CENTRAL NV. FRIDAY WILL SEE PARTIAL CLEARING WITH LINGERING FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. REA && LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NVZ030>032-034-036 FROM 18Z TODAY UNTIL 15Z FRI. SNOW ADVISORY FOR NVZ035-037 FROM 00Z FRI UNTIL 15Z FRI. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 426 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 NVZ030>034-036-011300- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 426 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING WITH IT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES AND COMBINES WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. SEE PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THESE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ035-037-011300- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 426 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING WITH IT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. MANY AREAS WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...THEREFORE A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. SEE PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THESE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ013-011300- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- 426 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THESE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Twelve inches of new snow was reported in Charleston. In addition, winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting of the snow.
Four to seven inches of new snow was reported. In addition, winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting snow creating drifts up to 4 feet in Spring Creek and Ryndon.
Snotel sites reported 8 to 12 inches of new snow. In addition,strong winds caused considerable blowing and drifting of the snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2008
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: 67880, 67881, 67894.