Heavy snow fell across southwestern Elko county and southern Lander and southern Eureka counties. Reports indicated up to to 8 inches of snow fell in the valleys and 10 to 16 inches in the mountains.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell across southwestern Elko county and southern Lander and southern Eureka counties. Reports indicated up to to 8 inches of snow fell in the valleys and 10 to 16 inches in the 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 Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 19, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 130 PM PST TUE FEB 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO DEVELOP ACROSS ELKO...EUREKA...AND NYE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEVADA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINTER STORM EVOLVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON SCHEDULE...BUT NOT WITHOUT A FEW REMAINING QUESTIONS. CONFIDENT THAT AN INTENSE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A TONOPAH-EUREKA-SPRING CREEK/RUBY MOUNTAINS LINE. IR SATELLITE LOOP IS IMPRESSIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY STRONG DIFLUENCE AND LIFT OVER NEVADA WITH CLOUDS RAPIDLY BLOSSOMING. 12Z GFS/18Z NAM BOTH DEVELOP A "TONOPAH LOW" OVER CENTRAL NYE COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THIS OCCURS...HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP ALONG A JACKPOT- WELLS- SPRING CREEK-JIGGS-EUREKA-ROUND MOUNTAIN-TONOPAH LINE. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THIS 75-MILE WIDE SWATH...WITH ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET. THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE MOST INTENSE PARTS OF THE BAND. OUTSIDE OF THIS ANTICIPATED SNOW BAND...IMPACTS WILL BE MUCH REDUCED AND SNOW AMOUNTS MUCH LIGHTER. SO...OBVIOUSLY...THE TRICK IS FORECASTING THE POSITION OF THE SNOWBAND. CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS COVER MUCH OF THIS HIGH IMPACT AREA WELL...BUT SOME QUESTIONS REMAIN. NAM/GFS BOTH SUGGEST WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL WILL REACH INTO NE ELKO COUNTY /EASTERN ZONE 031/...MAY NEED TO UPGRADE ZONE 031 TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...AND MENTION MUCH LESS AMOUNTS ACROSS WESTERN ZONE 031 /NEAR AND WEST OF TUSCARORA/. REGARDING ZONE 038 /SW ELKO COUNTY INCLUDING ELKO/SPRING CREEK/ IT IS ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO EXACT SNOWBAND PLACEMENT. 12Z GFS SOLUTION LOOKED REASONABLE AND WAS USED FOR THE GRIDS...WHICH FOCUSES ITS HEAVY SNOW ALONG AND NEAR THE RUBIES...WITH HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN SPRING CREEK/LAMOILLE. ELKO/HUMBOLDT RIVER VALLEY AMOUNTS WOULD BE MUCH LESS GIVEN GFS WITH 2-4 INCHES AT MOST. WAS CONFIDENT IN THIS SOLUTION...UNTIL THE NEW 18Z NAM CAME IN...AND SHIFTED THE BAND ABOUT 30-40 MILES FURTHER WEST...PLACING ITS HEAVIEST SNOW FURTHER WEST. WE WILL KNOW SOON WHICH IS CORRECT...WITH RADAR BLOSSOMING WITH VIRGA/SNOW DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD THE FURTHER WEST SOLUTION VERIFY...WE WILL NEED TO UPGRADE ALL OF SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDING ELKO. IRREGARDLESS...WINTER STORM WARNING SNOWFALL IS LIKELY EAST OF THE ROUND-ABOUT IN SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE. WILL DISCUSS THESE POSSIBLE UPGRADES WITH ZONES 031/038 WITH THE INCOMING EVENING SHIFT. NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AVERAGING 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THIS SNOWBAND. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ARE LIKELY. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT TRAVEL IN THIS SNOWBAND WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE. WEDNESDAY...12Z ECMWF HANGS ONTO ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS MUCH LONGER THAN GFS...FOLLOWED THE SNOWIER SOLUTION IN THE GRIDS WITH ADDITIONAL SMALL ACCUMULATIONS. WINDY AND COLD WITH NW WINDS AVERAGING 15-25 MPH AND MOST EASTERN NEVADA VALLEYS REMAINING BELOW FREEZING. THURSDAY...PARTIAL CLEARING BUT STILL COLD WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE PASSES IN NW FLOW. MODELS DISAGREE ON TRACK...GFS EASTERN NEVADA...ECMWF WESTERN NEVADA. EITHER WAY...MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND THE SYSTEM WEAK SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. FRIDAY...OVERRUNNING BEGINS WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AS BEST SHOWN BY ECMWF. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEVADA OF ONE INCH OR LESS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES MODERATE A FEW DEGREES...BUT STILL WELL BELOW LATE FEBRUARY NORMALS. TURNER .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. INITIALIZATION OF THE MODELS AT 00Z SATURDAY IS POOR. HOWEVER THE GENERAL PATTERN WOULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER AND A COLD PATTERN. THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. TIMING WILL BE DIFFICULT. AT THIS JUNCTURE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE 30S ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TO THE MID 40S ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S. && .AVIATION...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. KWMC. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. KEKO. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL 22Z TUESDAY. 22Z TUESDAY THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY...IFR CIGS AND VIS POSSIBLE. KELY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL 08Z WEDNESDAY. 08Z THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...IFR CIGS AND VIS POSSIBLE. KTPH. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL 00Z WEDNESDAY. 00 THROUGH 16Z WEDNESDAY...MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH INTERMITTENT IFR CIGS AND VIS. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. && 99/92/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 308 AM PST TUE FEB 19 2013 NVZ031-033>041-201200- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 308 AM PST TUE FEB 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. MORE LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ030-201200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY- 308 AM PST TUE FEB 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEYS...BUT SOME AREAS WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY BUT LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. MORE LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
In Spring Creek 5 to 7 inches of snow was reported. Lamoille had 7 inches and Carlin 6 inches.
Austin and Eureka reported 8 inches of new snow. SNOTEL's sites reported 10 to 16 inches.
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