A storm system brought heavy snow to Northwestern Nye county. Spotters in Tonopah|reported 7 to 13 inches of snow and over 6 inches was reported in Gabbs.
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A storm system brought heavy snow to Northwestern Nye county. Spotters in Tonopah|reported 7 to 13 inches of snow and over 6 inches was reported in Gabbs.
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 Apr 13, 1:20 PM PST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 220 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO NEVADA THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE. COOL SHOWERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. MUCH IMPROVED WEATHER WITH A WARMING TREND SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. INTENSE UPPER LOW SPINNING NEAR SAN FRANCISCO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CAPE OF 500-1000 J/KG ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA PER SPC MESOANAYLSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIFTED INDICES AS LOW AS -3 ACROSS ELKO COUNTY. DIFFLUENCE ALOFT CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN TANDEM WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING SW OF ELKO. ALL OF THIS RESULTS IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. RECENT LIGHTNING STRIKES NEAR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL HOVER AROUND 5500-6000 FEET WITH MAINLY RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...SNOW PELLETS AT TIMES. STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL...MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY. TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AS STRONG STORM SYSTEM PASSES JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF THE CWA. 12Z NAM/GFS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH STRONGEST FORCING FOCUSING ON SOUTHERN LANDER/SOUTHERN EUREKA AND NYE COUNTIES TONIGHT. CONFIDENT ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3-5 INCHES FOR MOST VALLEYS IN THESE ZONES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. INHERITED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH NO CHANGES NEEDED. SNOW WILL FALL AT NIGHT...AVOIDING THE STRONG MID APRIL SUN...ALLOWING FOR SNOW/SLUSH ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS. SUMMITS AND PASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. UPSLOPE FAVORED LOCATIONS SUCH AS AUSTIN MAY APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL...TONIGHT'S SHIFTS WILL MONITOR. INCREASED POP GRIDS TO 100% FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN NEVADA...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MUCH MORE SCATTERED AND ACCUMULATIONS MUCH LESS WITH NO HEADLINES PLANNED. INSTABILITY APPEARS SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THUNDER MENTION IN THE GRIDS THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING. REGARDING WHITE PINE COUNTY...DECIDED TO NOT ISSUE AN ADVISORY. WET SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES WITH WET ROADWAYS. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE FAR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY /FROM NEAR LUND TO GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK/ WHERE SOME MODELS SUGGEST DEFORMATION OF STRONG UPPER LOW WILL SNEAK IN TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN FAR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY NEAR GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK WHERE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT WILL LEAD TO GREATER SNOWFALL TOTALS. WITH ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ZONE 035 EXPECTING HEAVIER SNOW...WILL NOT EXPAND ADVISORY FOR NOW AND ADVISE UPCOMING EVENING/NIGHT SHIFTS TO MONITOR. NEW 12Z ECMWF PLACES 538 DM UPPER LOW NEAR LAS VEGAS AT 5 AM SATURDAY...WITH ITS HEAVIEST SNOW BAND CENTERED ON LAS VEGAS'S FORECAST AREA/LINCOLN COUNTY AND MAINLY SOUTH OF WHITE PINE COUNTY. SATURDAY...COOL BLUSTERY AND SHOWERY BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM. NUMEROUS RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SE ZONES /WHITE PINE COUNTY/ FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. ROADWAYS WILL BE WET AS THICKNESSES/SNOW LEVELS CLIMB DURING THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS OF RAIN/SNOW/SNOW PELLETS WILL REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WITH COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT JUSTIFYING ANOTHER MENTION OF THUNDER AREAWIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. COOLEST DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...WITH WARMER UPPER 50S IN NW NEVADA/HUMBOLDT COUNTY. NW WINDS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AVERAGING 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. KEPT WIND GRIDS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR NOW. AREAS PRONE TO NW WINDS SUCH AS WEST WENDOVER/ZONE 033 MAY NEED A WIND ADVISORY SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. SUNDAY...DRY AND SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER UNDER QUIET NW FLOW ALOFT. THE PICK DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S...MORE SUNSHINE AND LESS WIND. MONDAY...OVERRUNNING MOISTURE SPREADS INTO NEVADA BEHIND PASSING RIDGE AXIS. INCREASING CLOUDS WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80. DESPITE THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS...ANOTHER 3-7 DEGREES OF WARMING MONDAY WITH MOST VALLEYS IN THE LOWER 60S. TURNER .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. NEAR ZONAL FLOW WITH SEVERAL WEAK EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD. TWO WEAK SYSTEMS WILL BRUSH ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA...ONE ON MONDAY AND THE OTHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. EACH SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY MOUNTAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. JH && .AVIATION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA WITH IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS LIKELY AT TIMES FOR KTPH AND KELY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. JH && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY... SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. && 99/87/87
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 320 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 NVZ035-141200- WHITE PINE COUNTY- 320 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF WET SNOW ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY...LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...FROM NEAR LUND TO NEAR GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS ACROSS GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK WHERE SEVERAL INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE ON EAST FACING SLOPES. SUMMITS AND PASSES...INCLUDING SACRAMENTO PASS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAYS 5 AND 60 MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTY ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TRAVELLING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN WET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ037-040-041-141200- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 320 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ON THE MOUNTAINS. ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY PASSES AND SUMMITS...WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND TREACHEROUS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 AM SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN WET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ030-031-033-034-036-038-039-141200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 320 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS. SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 5500 FEET. EXPECT ONLY MININAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS...WITH A FEW INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN WET. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM ON SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS PRONE TO NORTHWEST WINDS...SUCH AS SOUTHEAST ELKO COUNTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. TURNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 254 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 NVZ034-039-132230- SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 254 PM PDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM PDT... AT 247 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF RUBY VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL TO DIME SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATE HIGHWAY 229 SOUTH OF RUBY VALLEY... RURAL SOUTHERN ELKO COUNTY... RURAL CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4071 11538 4073 11514 4048 11507 4046 11531 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 173DEG 11KT 4056 11521 TURNER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters in Tonopah reported 7 to 13 inches of snow and a spotter in Gabbs reported |6.6 inches of snow.
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