A winter storm brought 6 to 9 inches of snow to the valleys of White Pine, southern Lander and southern Eureka counties. In the mountains, 8 to 15 inches of snow fell.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm brought 6 to 9 inches of snow to the valleys of White Pine, southern Lander and southern Eureka counties. In the mountains, 8 to 15 inches of snow fell. The Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt also received 8 to 13 inches of snow.
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 29, 3:32 PM PST, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 332 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A VERY MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW TO NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. COLD BUT QUIET CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. MODELS ARE ADVERTISING A LARGE SWATH OF 0.50 TO 1 INCH PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN NV INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL NV WITH THIS SYSTEM. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT ACROSS NRN NV AND THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL NV. STILL SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS AS TO WHEN THE SNOW LEVELS WILL REACH VALLEY FLOORS BUT BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IS SOMETIME THIS EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE I80 CORRIDOR, BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3AM ALONG TO 50 MILES SOUTH THE I80 CORRIDOR AREA, AND BETWEEN 6AM AND 9AM ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN NV COINCIDENT WITH THE BEST FGEN FORCING AND THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NV. GENERALLY EXPECTING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. ONLY CHANGE MADE TO CURRENT WARNINGS/ADVISORIES WAS TO ELIMINATE THE 6000 FOOT THRESHOLD FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES AS IT LOOKS LIKE ALL VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD PICK UP AT LEAST A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW. MODELS DIFFER ON HANDLING SECOND SHORT WAVE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE GFS/ECMWF TAKING IT SOUTHEAST THROUGH CA/WRN NV WHILE THE NAM BRINGS IT ACROSS CENTRAL NV. FOR NOW WENT WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT FAVORING THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WEAK TROUGHINESS REMAINS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY FOR SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. BY SATURDAY ONLY A FEW ISOLATED MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE EAST AS TROUGH DEPARTS. WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL JANUARY TEMPS NEXT FEW DAYS WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 30S. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION WITH A COUPLE EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES...RESULTING IN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES UP TOWARD NORMAL THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BECOMING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE MID-EVENING HOURS...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE IN THE EVENING. KWMC SHOULD SEE LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY THE MAIN ISSUE. FURTHER EAST AT KEKO SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER...WITH PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE LIKELY BETWEEN 06Z AND 14Z. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON KEKO RUNWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE BY 14Z. SHOWERS EXTEND SOUTH TO KELY BY THE MID-EVENING HOURS...WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE LATER. KELY CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SHOWERS LIGHTEN UP. RAIN SHOWERS NEAR KTPH ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE LIKELY IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. MAY SEE SOME SNOW MIXING IN WITH SNOW AT KTPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AROUND THE TIME SHOWERS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 91/96/96
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 338 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 NVZ030-031-033>041-301145- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-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- 338 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A VERY MOIST WINTER STORM WILL BE IMPACTING NORTHERN NEVADA STARTING TODAY AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A NUMBER OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. FOR MORE DETAILS ON TIMING AND AMOUNTS...PLEASE SEE RNOWSWLKN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BRING COLD AND QUIET CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. .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.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Many SNOTEL sites reported between 8 and 13 inches of new snow.
The town of Eureka picked up 7 inches of snow and the Big Creek Summit SNOTEL reported 9 inches of snow.
Valley locations received 6 to 9 inches of snow while the mountains picked up 8 to 15 inches of snow. Some amounts included: 9 inches in the Ely area, 7 inches at McGill and 6 inches at Lund. The Great Basin National Park Visitors Center reported 15 inches of new snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2014
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: 489525, 489518, 489509.