Heavy Snow, Mineral/Southern Lyon
- When
- February 21, 6:00 AM PST to February 22, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 21 to 22, 1996
Heavy snow was reported across many areas of the Lake Tahoe area and the Central Sierra East Slopes. 30 inches at Mt.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 REV wrote it up.
Heavy snow was reported across many areas of the Lake Tahoe area and the Central Sierra East Slopes. Some 24 hour totals include: 18-24 inches at Sugar Bowl Ski area...30 inches at Mt. Rose...42 inches in Truckee...36 inches at Squaw Valley...42-48 inches at Kirkwood...32-38 inches at Sierra at Tahoe...36 inches in Alpine...25-30 inches in Portola...and 19 inches at Tuolome Ranger Station.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, February 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Washington, February 21, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Wildfire in Texas, February 21, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, February 1996
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5549745.