A storm system brought up to 2 feet of snow to the mountains and 6 to 12 inches to the valleys in portions of northern and central Nevada.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A storm system brought up to 2 feet of snow to the mountains and 6 to 12 inches to the valleys in portions of northern and central Nevada.
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 Jan 10, 3:16 AM PST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 316 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NEVADA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. SUBZERO READINGS WILL BE COMMON BY SATURDAY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NEVADA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM APPROXIMATELY WILD HORSE TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN DOWN TO AUSTIN. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL NEVADA LATER THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG THIS FRONTAL BAND. UPPER TROUGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE DEPARTING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS STILL INDICATING FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH PRECIPITATION WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA. THEREFORE EXPECTING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS OF EASTERN NEVADA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWEST NYE COUNTY. STRONG SURFACE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. CLEARING SKIES ALONG WITH A FRESH SNOW PACK WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA BY SATURDAY MORNING AND ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE TEENS AS STRONG INVERSIONS SET IN. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. BLOCKING HIGH OVER PACIFIC WHILE DEEP TROUGH TO EAST WILL PUT THE GREAT BASIN IN COLD NORTHERLY FLOW STRAIGHT FROM CANADA AND ALASKA WITH MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MODELS STILL HINTING A SOME ENERGY DIVING SOUTH SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STILL SOME DIFFERENCES ON TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO THE AREA WITH LOWS BELOW ZERO THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM...BUT SOME MODERATING IN TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE INVERSION MAY WEAKEN. && .AVIATION...COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH KWMC EARLY THIS MORNING AND PUSHING EAST WILL BRING MVFR/IFR CIGS OR LOWER DUE TO CLOUDS AND SNOW NEAR THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A BIT GUSTY ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLD FRONT AS THE WINDS TURN NORTHWESTERLY...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AT KELY AND KTPH. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TIMING OF SNOW AND LOWERING CIGS/VIS AS THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN A BIT TODAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH KEKO AND INTO KELY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE... SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY. && 91/90/90
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 248 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 NVZ031-034>039-041-110100- NORTHERN 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- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 248 AM PST THU JAN 10 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 STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S WITH LOWS GENERALLY RANGING FROM ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ030-040-110100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- 248 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY IN THE TONOPAH AREA...WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO ONE MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S WITH LOWS RANGING FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ033-110100- SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 248 AM PST THU JAN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY IN WEST WENDOVER AND ALONG I-80...WHERE VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO ONE MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE TEENS WITH LOWS RANGING FROM 5 BELOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. .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.
Corral Canyon SNOTEL reported 2 feet of new snow, Dorsey Basin 14 inches, Green Mountain 13 inches, and Lamoille 9 inches.
Austin received 12 inches of new snow as well as the Vacarro Spring SNOTEL. The Diamond Peak SNOTEL picked up 11 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 419508, 419509.