Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 30, 2023

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 30, 2023
Start: 2023-11-30T12:00
End: 2023-11-30T23:59
Location: Nevada

November 30, 2023 · NWS LKN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A series of upper level lows produced a multi-day snow event leading to impressive snow totals, mainly in mountainous terrain of northern Nevada. Due to the timing of the event, many reports start on the last day of November but end in the 1st 2 days of December.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

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 30, 6:32 AM PST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 6:32 AM PST, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Humboldt

When: November 30, 12:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where: Humboldt forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Seven inches fell at site (GLCN2) Golconda Snotel, Elevation 6615 feet. This fell between 5 pm on 11/30/23 and 8 pm 12/2/23.

Seven inches fell at site (GRPN2) Granite Peak Snotel, Elevation 8501 feet. This fell between 12 pm on 11/30/23 and 7 pm 12/2/23.

Seven inches fell at site (BKLN2) Buckskin Lower Snotel, Elevation 6929 feet. This fell between 3 pm on 11/30/23 and 9 pm 12/2/23.

Heavy Snow, Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range

When: November 30, 1:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where: Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.294, -115.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Twenty inches fell at site (LCUN2) Lamoille Upper Snotel, Elevation 8993 feet. This fell between 1 pm on 11/30/23 and 4 pm 12/2/23.

Sixteen inches fell at site (POLN2) Pole Canyon Snotel, Elevation 7759 feet. This fell between 9 pm on 11/30/23 and 2 pm 12/2/23.

Fourteen inches fell at site (GRMN2) Green Mountain Snotel, Elevation 8184 feet. This fell between 10 pm on 11/30/23 and 9 pm 12/2/23.

Ten inches fell at site (DRBN2) Dorsey Basin Snotel, Elevation 7902 feet. This fell between 1 am on 11/30/23 and 4 pm 12/2/23.

Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty

When: November 30, 6:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where: N Elko Cnty forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thirteen inches fell at site (FWCN2) Fawn Creek Snotel, Elevation 7029 feet. This fell between 6 pm on 11/30/23 and 2 pm 12/2/23.

Thirteen inches fell at site (JAPN2) Jacks Peak Snotel, Elevation 8422 feet. This fell between 4 pm on 11/30/23 and 9 pm 12/2/23.

Twelve inches fell at site (JCUN2) Jack Creek Upper Snotel, Elevation 7376 feet. This fell between 8 pm on 11/30/23 and 8 pm 12/2/23.

Eleven inches fell at site (CMBN2) Columbia Basin Snotel, Elevation 6471 feet. This fell between 6 pm on 11/30/23 and 6 am 12/2/23.

Eleven inches fell at site (SSCN2) Seventy-six Creek Snotel, Elevation 7349 feet. This fell between 2 am on 11/30/23 and 6 pm 12/2/23.

Eleven inches fell at site (LADN2) Laurel Draw Snotel, Elevation 6681 feet. This fell between 11 pm on 11/30/23 and 9 pm 12/2/23.

Eleven inches fell at site (TJMN2) Toe Jam Snotel, Elevation 7690 feet. This fell between 10 pm on 11/30/23 and 10 pm 12/2/23.

Ten inches fell at site (DRCN2) Draw Creek Snotel, Elevation 7283 feet. This fell between 1 am on 11/30/23 and 4 pm 12/2/23.

Eight inches fell at site (PRSN2) Pole Creek Snotel, Elevation 8330 feet. This fell between 8 pm on 11/30/23 and 7 am 12/1/23.

Eight inches fell at site (BERN2) Bear Creek Snotel, Elevation 8040 feet. This fell between 3 pm on 11/30/23 and 8 pm 12/1/23.

Six and four tenth inches fell at site (AWH) Wildhorse COOP, Elevation 6239 feet. This fell between 9:30 am on 11/30/23 and 9:30 am 12/2/23.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, November 2023

Sources

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: 1144887, 1144853, 1144854.