A fast moving storm system brought locally heavy snow to the higher terrain of the Sierra Nevada and the Spring Mountains.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 VEF wrote it up.
A fast moving storm system brought locally heavy snow to the higher terrain of the Sierra Nevada and the Spring Mountains.
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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 19, 6:59 AM PST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 345 AM PST THU DEC 19 2013 CAZ519>522-NVZ014-200800- EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- 345 AM PST THU DEC 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET ACROSS ESMERALDA/CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS AND MAY LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON ROADS ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE SIERRA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING WESTGARD PASS AND HIGHWAY 168 WEST OF BISHOP. IN ESMERALDA COUNTY...HIGHWAY 266 AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR GOLDFIELD SUMMIT MAY BE IMPACTED. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND DETAILS. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH SOME AREAS EXPECTED TO SEE GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ523-525-200800- WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN- 345 AM PST THU DEC 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT AND THE MORONGO BASIN OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TONIGHT WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AFTER FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ524-526-527-NVZ015>022-200800- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT- CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 345 AM PST THU DEC 19 2013 /445 AM MST THU DEC 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS BUT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LINGERING SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA EARLY FRIDAY AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of snow fell in six hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 482930.