Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 12 inches across the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range.
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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.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 12 inches across the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range.
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 Feb 19, 1:46 PM PST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 146 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS...A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION...LAPS DATA SHOWING INSTABILITY INCREASING ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL EUREKA AND SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTIES /600 J/KG / IN ADVANCE OF COLD POOL OVER WESTERN NEVADA. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL LANDER COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY WORKING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY...EXPECT A FEW STRIKES TO DEVELOP IN AN AREA FROM CARLIN TO THE ELKO/SPRING CREEK AREA NORTHWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 225 DURING IN SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ASSOCIATED SNOW/SNOW PELLET SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 1024 AM/ SYNOPSIS...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVER HUMBOLDT AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY...BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS ON MONDAY. UPDATE...DROPPED WSW FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 031/033/032/036/037 DUE TO A LARGE DRY SLOT THAT HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION...BETWEEN THE DEEP MOISTURE FETCH IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE SYSTEM OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY/UTAH...AND THE COLD UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT TO THE WEST OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. TEMPS ARE ALSO MARGINAL TODAY WITH MOST ELEVATIONS BELOW 6K ABOVE FREEZING SO NO REAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED ON I-80 TODAY...EXCEPT FOR SNOW POSSIBLY OVER PEQUOP/EMIGRANT PASSES. THE DEEP MOISTURE FETCH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY TRACK EAST THIS MORNING...AS THE 500MB SHORTWAVE ALOFT TRACKS OVER NORTHERN NV BY THIS AFTERNOON CREATING INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE WIDESPREAD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY...BEFORE FILLING IN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NV EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...BUT IT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND IMPACTS WILL BE LIMITED WITH THE WARM ROADS AND GROUNDS. DID KEEP ADVISORIES FOR HUMBOLDT AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES GOING TODAY BASED ON ABOVE REASONING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 310 AM / SYNOPSIS... SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG UPPER LOW OFF THE NRN CA COAST THIS MORNING SPREADING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE FCST AREA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW BEGAN ACROSS CNTRL NV A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO AND IS CONTINUING ACROSS WRN NV. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NERN NV THIS MORNING. MODELS STILL SHOWING THE FAR SRN PORTION OF THE FCST AREA TO RECEIVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT FROM THIS STORM AS THE BEST MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL BE LOCATED IN THIS AREA. THEREFORE KEPT THE WINTER STORM WARNING GOING FOR NRN NYE COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEAKER DYNAMICS AND LESS MOISTURE FURTHER NORTH SO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SHOULD SUFFICE ACROSS THE REST OF THE FCST AREA...EXCEPT FOR THE RUBY MTNS WHERE GOOD UPSLOPE SLY FLOW WILL PRODUCE GOOD AMOUNTS OF SNOW ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THAT AREA LOOKS GOOD. UPPER LOW MOVES ONSHORE ACROSS SRN CA SATURDAY NIGHT THEN ON SUNDAY AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL BE DEPARTING THE FCST AREA SO SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTED SHOWERS AND THAT MOSTLY ACROSS ERN NV. SHORT WAVE RIDGING SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL BRING DRY WEATHER. LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. SPLIT FLOW ALOFT TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD AS A CLOSED LOW DIGS DOWN THE CA COASTAL WATERS WITH MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY/TROUGH CONFINED MAINLY TO THE PAC NW THROUGH TUESDAY. TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW IS EXPECTED TO DIP INTO NORTHERN NEVADA MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WHICH COULD BRING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO MAINLY JUST THE MTS OF NORTHERN HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES. WHILE MODELS ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THURSDAY AND BEYOND...IT LOOKS LIKE RE-ENFORCING COOL AIR/TROUGH WILL CONTINUE THE PUSH SOUTH INTO NEVADA. HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW END CHANCE POPS OVER MOST OF THE CWA THURSDAY AND BEYOND WHICH IS GENERALLY A BLEND OF THE MODELS. GFS IS A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE IN BRINGING THE MOISTURE DOWN INTO EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA THURSDAY...WHILE THE EC CONTINUES TO KEEP THE LIGHT PRECIP CONFINED TO NORTHERN NEVADA MTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN SPREADING INTO EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA FRIDAY. EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES LATE NEXT WEEK. AVIATION...SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL EXPAND INTO NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH OVER WMC AND TPH BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...LINGERING INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT EKO AND ELY. EXPECT CIGS AND VIS TO OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO LIFR LEVELS AT EACH OF THE TERMINALS. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT AT WMC TODAY...HOWEVER TPH ELY AND EKO COULD HAVE GUSTY WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AIR MASS WILL BE UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHTNING ACTIVITY POSSIBLE. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. && 89/99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 NVZ030-202130- HUMBOLDT COUNTY- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ034-202130- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW THIS MORNING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ035-202130- WHITE PINE COUNTY- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ013-031>033-036-037-202130- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 130 PM PST SAT FEB 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. DD/RCM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters and SNOTEL data reported 6 to 12 inches of snow fell.
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