PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1100 AM PST THU JAN 1 2015 ...COLD NYE STORM BRINGS LOW ELEVATION SNOW TO THE MOJAVE DESERT... A COLD STORM SYSTEM WITH ORGINS IN CANADA MOVED INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT ON NEW YEARS EVE AND DEPOSITED WIDESPREAD SNOW TO SOME LOCATIONS WHICH HAVENT RECEIVED ACCUMULATING SNOW IN RECENT HISTORY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA ABOVE 3000 FEET BUT NOTABLE ACCUMULATIONS WERE OBSERVED AS LOW AS 500 FEET AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER WHERE SNOW IS CONSIDERED QUITE RARE. LISTED BELOW ARE THE SNOW TOTALS REPORTED VIA SPOTTER REPORTS...SOCIAL MEDIA...CLIMATE STATIONS...AND OTHER SOURCES. LOCATION STORM TOTAL SNOW ELEVATION (INCHES) (FEET) ...ARIZONA... ...MOHAVE... CEDAR HILLS 5 ESE 12.0 4278 PEACH SPRINGS 10.0 4780 VALLE VISTA 9.0 PINE LAKE 8.0 6200 KINGMAN 6.5 3420 KINGMAN VICINITY 5.0-7.0 MEADVIEW 5.0 3900 GOLDEN VALLEY 3.0 2805 CHLORIDE 3.0 4022 DOLAN SPRINGS 2.0-4.0 3400 EAST LAKE HAVASU CITY 1.0-2.0 600+ BULLHEAD CITY-LAUGHLIN 1.0 605 FORT MOHAVE 1.0 523 LAKE HAVASU CITY 0.5 468 TOPOCK 0.5-1.0 456 ...CALIFORNIA... ...SAN BERNARDINO... YUCCA VALLEY 2.0 3249 JOHNSON VALLEY 0.5 3167 YUCCA MESA 0.5 3447 NEEDLES 0.5-1.0 890 ...NEVADA... ...CLARK... MT. CHARLESTON 1.1 7450 CAL-NEV-ARI 1.0 2579 BOULDER CITY 0.5 2510 MCCARRAN AIRPORT TRACE 2180 HENDERSON EXEC AP TRACE 2458 OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. $$ NWS LAS VEGAS NV