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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1123 AM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...
.A STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW IN THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. THE MAJORITY OF
THIS SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT.
NVZ034-151200-
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RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE IN ELKO-
1123 AM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 15
INCHES.
* WHERE...RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE IN ELKO COUNTY.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS
AND NEAR THE CREST. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE. SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ON STATE ROUTE 229
THROUGH SECRET PASS, UP TO LAMOILLE CANYON, AND ACROSS HARRISON
PASS IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL, CONSIDER ALTERNATE STRATEGIES. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL, REMEMBER TO CARRY TIRE CHAINS, PLENTY OF FOOD, A GOOD DEAL
OF WATER, WARM CLOTHING, AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE
CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
BS
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