Nevada, 2010Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 27 to 28, 2010
November 27 to 28, 2010 · NWS LKN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
A winter storm brought 8 to 16 inches of snow to the Ruby Mountains and 6 to 12 inches to southern Eureka and southern Lander counties.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A winter storm brought 8 to 16 inches of snow to the Ruby Mountains and 6 to 12 inches to southern Eureka and southern Lander counties.
What forecasters said that day
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 Nov 27, 4:46 AM PST, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 4:46 AM PST, 10 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range
- When
- November 27, 3:00 PM PST to November 28, 3:00 AM PST
- Where
- Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 40.294, -115.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Most SNOTEL sites received between 8 and 16 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka
- When
- November 27, 9:00 PM PST to November 28, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An observer in Austin reported 12 inches of snow while 6 inches was reported in Eureka.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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: 263952, 263972.