Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County

Freeze Watch
Statement as of 5:55 AM PDT on May 27, 2012

... Freeze watch in effect from this evening through Monday
morning...

The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a freeze watch...
which is in effect from this evening through Monday morning.

* Temperatures: 25 to 32 degrees... 20 to 25 degrees in the higher valleys
of northern Elko County.

* Timing: higher valleys may reach freezing around midnight
followed by freezing temperatures in lower valleys by 3 am PDT.

* Locations include: Jackpot... Wildhorse... Owyhee... Ely...
McGill... Connors Pass... Great Basin National Park... Secret
Pass... LaMoille Canyon... Harrison Pass... Austin... Austin
Summit... Eureka... Diamond Valley... Pinto Summit... Battle
Mountain... Emigrant Pass... Wells... Pequop Summit... Elko...
Spring Creek... Carlin... Duckwater... Currant Summit

* duration: freezing temperatures could last several hours.

* Impacts: temperatures below 28 degrees for several hours can
potentially damage or kill sensitive vegetation. Precautions
should be made to protect outdoor plants. Outdoor pets and
livestock may require special attention.


Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A freeze watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible.
These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.





Public Information Statement
Statement as of 11:38 am PDT on May 27, 2012

... Preliminary rain and snow totals for the Memorial weekend storm...

Rainfall totals as of 10 am PDT Sunday may 27th.

Humboldt County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Winnemucca 2 se... ... ... .4900... .0.23... ... Winnemucca 1.9 se/cocorahs
Denio... ... ... ... ... ... ..4190... .0.21... ... ... ... ... ... ... .Denio/coop
Winnemucca 6 SW... ... ... .4301... .0.13... ... ... Winnemucca Airport/ASOS
Orovada... ... ... ... ... ... 4357... .0.10... ... ... ... .Orovada dw6987/cwop
Paradise Valley 5 ENE... .4684... .0.10..Paradise val. 5.4 ENE/cocorahs
Winnemucca 37 WNW... ... ..4194... .0.07... .Winnemucca 36.8 WNW/cocorahs
Orovada 15 WNW... ... ... ..6380... .0.05... ... ... ... ... ... .double h/RAWS
Denio 16 se... ... ... ... ..5760... .0.05... ... ... ... ..Texas Springs/RAWS
Winnemucca 2 SSW... ... ... 4355... .0.04... ... ... ..Winnemucca 3 SSW/coop
Paradise Valley 5 WSW... .5500... .0.03... ... ... ... ... .Morey creek/RAWS
McDermitt... ... ... ... ... .4430... .0.01... ... ... ... ... ... McDermitt/coop

Northern Elko County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Tuscarora 16 N... ... ... ..5820... .0.97... ... ... ... ... .Long Hollow/RAWS
Owyhee 2 E... ... ... ... ... 5396... .0.96... ... ... ... ... ... ... Owyhee/hads
Mountain City... ... ... ... 5620... .0.69... ... ... ..Mountain City rs/hads
Jarbidge 9 E... ... ... ... .8502... .0.66... ... ... ... ... ..Pole Creek/RAWS
Jarbidge 25 S... ... ... ... 6790... .0.44... ... ... ... ..Stag Mountain/RAWS
Jarbidge 14 SSW... ... ... .5968... .0.38... ... ... ... ... ..Charleston/coop
Jackpot 26 SSE... ... ... ..5400... .0.27... ... ... .Rock Spring creek/RAWS
Midas 31 N... ... ... ... ... 5460... .0.08... ... ... ... ..Antelope Lake/RAWS
Jackpot 1 NNE... ... ... ... 5295... .0.04... ... ... ... ... ... Jackpot/Handar

Southwestern Elko County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

LaMoille 4 WSW... ... ... ..5896... .0.71... ... ... ... LaMoille dw6622/cwop
Spring Creek 1 E... ... ... 5558... .0.68... Spring Creek 1.5 ENE/cocorahs
Elko 2 NE... ... ... ... ... .5235... .0.65... ... ... ... Elko NWS office/coop
Spring Creek 3 S... ... ... 5632... .0.61... Spring Creek 2.2 SSE/cocorahs
Elko 1 WSW... ... ... ... ... 5074... .0.55... ... ... ... ... Elko Airport/ASOS
Spring Creek 9 WSW... ... .5270... .0.50... ... ... ... .South Fork sra/coop
Elko 10 NNW... ... ... ... ..6500... .0.38... ... ... ... ... .Elko kd7atl/cwop
Halleck 9 NW... ... ... ... .5550... .0.40... ..Coal Mine Canyon n7nnv/cwop
Jiggs 10 WNW... ... ... ... .6400... .0.27... ... ... ... ..Crane Springs/RAWS

South central Elko County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Ruby Valley 18 SSW... ... .5970... .0.78... ... ... ... ... ... Ruby Lake/RAWS
Oasis 1 ENE... ... ... ... ..5835... .0.47... ... ... ... ... ... ... .Oasis/coop
Wells 17 S... ... ... ... ... 5646... .0.40... ... ... ... ... Clover Valley/dri
Wells 1 SW... ... ... ... ... 5688... .0.40... ... ... ... ... ... ..Wells/Handar
Currie 12 NNW... ... ... ... 6100... .0.06... ... ... ... Spruce Mountain/RAWS

Southeastern Elko County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

West Wendover 12 SW... ... 5470... .0.15... ... ... ... ... Spring Gulch/RAWS
West Wendover 2 ESE... ... 4236... .0.06... ... ... ..Wendover Airport/AWOS

Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range

Location elev rain (in) site/source

LaMoille 12 E... ... ... ... 6900... .0.27... ... ... ... ... .Ruby Valley/RAWS

Northern Lander and Eureka counties

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Battle Mountain 1 S... ... 4514... .0.41..Battle Mountain 0.7 S/cocorahs
Battle Mountain 3 se... ..4505... .0.41... ... .Battle Mountain 4 se/coop
Battle Mountain 11 ESE... 4800... .0.37... ... ... ... ... Beacon light/RAWS
Crescent Valley 38 SW... .4871... .0.24... ... ... ... .Antelope Valley/dri
Beowawe... ... ... ... ... ... 4700... .0.22... ... ... ... ... ... ..Beowawe/coop

Southern Lander and Eureka counties

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Ione 24 N... ... ... ... ... .6200... .0.90... ... ... .desatoya mountain/RAWS
Austin 1 NW... ... ... ... ..6310... .0.84... ... ... ... ... ... ... Austin/RAWS
Austin... ... ... ... ... ... .7400... .0.64... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .Spotter
Austin 37 NNW... ... ... ... 5050... .0.55... ... ... ... ... ... Red Butte/RAWS
Crescent Valley 36 S... ..5740... .0.22... ... ... ... ... Beowawe 49 S/coop
Eureka 36 NW... ... ... ... .6800... .0.13... ... ... ... ... .coils creek/RAWS
Eureka 7 NNW... ... ... ... .5936... .0.07... ... ... ... .Eureka Airport/ASOS
Eureka 12 N... ... ... ... ..5897... .0.04... ... ... ... ... ... Eureka/agrimet
Eureka 15 SW... ... ... ... .6590... .0.01... ... ... ... ... Combs Canyon/RAWS

Northwestern Nye County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Gabbs... ... ... ... ... ... ..4694... .0.57... ... ... ... ... ..Gabbs 1 NE/coop
Tonopah 2 NW... ... ... ... .5850... .0.51... ... ... ... .Tonopah ke7gds/cwop
Tonopah... ... ... ... ... ... 6110... .0.23... ... ... ... ... ... ..Tonopah/cemp
Tonopah 8 E... ... ... ... ..5395... .0.14... ... ... ... Tonopah Airport/ASOS
Tonopah... ... ... ... ... ... 6010... .0.12... ... ... ... ... ... ..Tonopah/coop
Warm Springs 7 S... ... ... 5800... .0.10... ... ... ... ... .Stone Cabin/cemp

Northeastern Nye County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Currant 4 ENE... ... ... ... 5750... .0.20... ... ... ... ..currant creek/RAWS
currant 16 SSW... ... ... ..4780... .0.12... ... ... ..blue Eagle ranch/coop
currant 37 SSW... ... ... ..4825... .0.01... ... ... ... ... ... ... .Nyala/cemp
Warm Springs 25 ESE... ... 5056... .0.01... ... ... ... ... Twin Springs/cemp

White Pine County

Location elev rain (in) site/source

Baker 5 W... ... ... ... ... .6850... .0.24... ... .Great Basin Nat park/coop
Lund 11 ENE... ... ... ... ..7025... .0.15... ... ... ... ... .cattle Camp/RAWS
Ely 3 NNE... ... ... ... ... .6262... .0.09... ... ... ... ... .Ely Airport/ASOS
Ruth 19 WNW... ... ... ... ..6539... .0.08... ... ... ... ..Moorman ranch/coop
Eureka 28 ENE... ... ... ... 6675... .0.07... ... ... ... Alligator Ridge/RAWS
Ely 4 NNE... ... ... ... ... .6222... .0.07... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ely/RAWS
Baker 5 W... ... ... ... ... .6840... .0.07... ... ... ... ... ..Baker Flat/RAWS
Baker 8 W... ... ... ... ... .9268... .0.06... ... ... ... ... ... ... Mather/RAWS
Currie 13 SSE... ... ... ... 5855... .0.06... ... ..Steptoe Valley north/dri
Ely 4 NE... ... ... ... ... ..6250... .0.05... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Ely/cemp
Ruth... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6858... .0.05... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..Ruth/coop
Ely 5 se... ... ... ... ... ..6450... .0.04... ... ... .Steptoe Valley wma/dri
Baker 5 W... ... ... ... ... .5300... .0.04... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..Baker/crn
Lund 1 NW... ... ... ... ... .5546... .0.03... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..Lund/coop
Cherry Creek 41 ESE... ... 7314... .0.02... ... ... ... ... ..Cedar Pass/RAWS
McGill 15 ENE... ... ... ... 5642... .0.02... ... ... North Spring valley/dri
McGill 1 NNE... ... ... ... .6270... .T... ... ... ... ... ... ... McGill/coop


Snowfall accumulations as of 10 am PDT may 27th

Humboldt County

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Golconda 7 SW... ... ... ... 6560... ..2.0... ... ... ... ... ..Golconda/snotel
Paradise Valley 12 N... ..7800... ..1.0... ... ... ... .Granite Peak/snotel
Paradise Valley 5 WNW... .6000... ..1.0... ... ... ... Lamance creek/snotel
Denio 40 SSW... ... ... ... .7649... ..1.0... ... ... ... ..Summit Lake/snotel

Northern Elko County

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Jarbidge 9 E... ... ... ... .8330... ..9.0... ... ... ... Pole Creek rs/snotel
Mountain City 7 W... ... ..7000... ..7.0... ... ... ... ... Fawn Creek/snotel
Tuscarora 18 NE... ... ... .8420... ..7.0... ... ... ... ... Jacks Peak/snotel
Tuscarora 20 NNE... ... ... 7250... ..7.0... ... ... Jack Creek upper/snotel
Jarbidge 9 SSW... ... ... ..7100... ..4.0... ... ... Seventysix creek/snotel
Jarbidge 3 SSW... ... ... ..7800... ..4.0... ... ... ... ... Bear Creek/snotel
Mountain City 5 SW... ... .6700... ..3.0... ... ... ... ..Laurel draw/snotel
Tuscarora 6 W... ... ... ... 7750... ..3.0... ... ... ... ... ... toe jam/snotel
Adobe Summit... ... ... ... .6549... ..3.0... ... ... ... .Nhp law enforcement
Jarbidge 16 SSE... ... ... .7200... ..1.0... ... ... ... ... draw creek/snotel

Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Deeth 13 SSE... ... ... ... .8100... .11.0... ... ... ... .Dorsey Basin/snotel
Jiggs 8 ESE... ... ... ... ..8000... .10.0... ... ... ..Green Mountain/snotel
Deeth 13 se... ... ... ... ..7900... .10.0... ... ... Hole-in-mountain/snotel
LaMoille Canyon... ... ... .8800... ..9.0... ... ... ... ... Elko NWS employee
Jiggs 12 se... ... ... ... ..8500... ..8.0... ... ... ... Corral Canyon/snotel
LaMoille Canyon... ... ... .8200... ..8.0... ... ... ... ... Elko NWS employee
Thomas Canyon campground.7500... ..6.0... ... ... ... ... Elko NWS employee
Harrison Pass... ... ... ... 7248... ..2.0... ... ... ... ... Elko NWS employee

Northern Lander and Eureka counties

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Crescent Valley 15 WSW... 7400... ..2.0... ... ... ... ... Lewis Peak/snotel

Southern Lander and Eureka counties

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Kingston 6 NNW... ... ... ..8700... .10.0... ... ... ... Big Creek sum/snotel
Eureka 7 ENE... ... ... ... .8000... ..7.0... ... ... ... .Diamond Peak/snotel
Austin 8 E... ... ... ... ... 7000... ..6.0... ... ... ... Nancy Gordon spotter
Eureka 4 SSW... ... ... ... .7860... ..1.0... ... ... ..vacarro Spring/snotel

Northwestern Nye County

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Tonopah... ... ... ... ... ... 6030... ..2.0... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .Spotter

White Pine County

Location elev snow (in) site/source

Baker 11 W... ... ... ... ..10147... ..2.0... ... ... ... .Wheeler Peak/snotel


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