A winter system brought snow and breezy winds that reduced visibility at times in areas of Elko county.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 LKN wrote it up.
A winter system brought snow and breezy winds that reduced visibility at times in areas of Elko county.
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 Nov 12, 3:32 PM PST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Nine inches fell at Pole Canyon SNOTEL (POLN2), elevation 7700 feet.
Nine inches fell at Hole-In-Mountain Snotel (HIMN2), Elevation 7900 feet.
Nine inches fell at Lamoille # 3 SNOTEL (LMLN2), Elevation 7700 feet.
Fourteen inches fell at Green Mountain SNOTEL (GRMN2), Elevation 8000 feet.
A snow squall produced 0.7 inches of snow in 10 minutes accompanied with 40 mph winds at WFO LKN. This reduced visibility to 0.25 miles during this time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2020
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 922748, 922747, 922745, 922746, 922749.